Folk Quotes

The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.

It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.

But the reality is that we are a folk band.

I really understand what that process is all about and how important it is, especially with young folk and creative folk that love looking for some platform that makes it easier for them to express themselves.

I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.

The greatest thing about doing this movie was that Chris and I both were involved in folk music in the '60s. I had a group, but I don't think it was at the same level as Chris, because he's an amazing musician.

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

Folk music is a bunch of fat people.

And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.

What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.

This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.

Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids.

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!

Harout Pamboukjian is one of the biggest Armenian folk singers in the world. In the '70s, he was making these records that were really Zeppelin-influenced.

I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk.

He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record.

We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.

I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.

The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all. The music was fresh and alive. College kids loved it and their parents did, too.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.

I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.