#folk_music

You know when I'm down to my socks it's time for business That's why they're called business socks It's business, it's business time ↗

— Flight of the Conchords

#humor #music #business

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

#big #college #college kids #did #folk

Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have. ↗

— Janis Ian

#any #artists #be humble #especially #even

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#delta #folk #folk music #heaven #idea

Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids. ↗

— Dick Smothers

#college #college kids #folk #folk music #hot

I got hooked into folk music by accident, because that's what white college kids liked when I was a child. ↗

— Stephen Stills

#because #child #college #college kids #folk

Folk music is a bunch of fat people. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#fat #folk #folk music #music #people

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

— Bob Dylan

#because #folk #folk music #had #i

My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. ↗

— Ben Harper

#called #center #family #folk #folk music

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

— Donal Henahan

#folk #folk music #known #left #long