#folk music

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow. ↗

— Bob Dylan

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When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar. ↗

— Michael Storm

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

— Van Morrison

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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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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 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. ↗

— George Grove

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