#folk music

I came late to the genre of folk music. ↗

— Tom Morello

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I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

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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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My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it. ↗

— David Crosby

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I always thought I was singing American folk music. ↗

— Lonnie Donegan

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I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional music in the sense of the way music began as a way of communication, the traveling storyteller, the bard, the minstrels. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

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

— Trey Anastasio

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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played. ↗

— Jackson Browne

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