#folk_music

When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt he needed to go to the next step, the next generation. ↗

— Jim Messina

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I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

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You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture. ↗

— Sonny Terry

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I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music. ↗

— Katey Sagal

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All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. ↗

— Louis Armstrong

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I always thought I was singing American folk music. ↗

— Lonnie Donegan

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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. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

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This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" is what folk music is really all about, and gone straight into it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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Martin Carthy on English folk music: "I'm not interested in heritage - this stuff is alive. ↗

— Martin Carthy

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

— Trey Anastasio

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