#folk music

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

— Donal Henahan

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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 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. ↗

— Eugene Levy

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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 came late to the genre of folk music. ↗

— Tom Morello

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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 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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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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