#folk music

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else. ↗

— Barry McGuire

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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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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. ↗

— Van Morrison

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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 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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