4 Quotes by Richard Burgess

  • Author Richard Burgess
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    We're constantly looking for ways to revive interest in our catalog, so this was a no-brainer. Bob Dylan was pointing right to our releases.

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    There's a large segment of the population that doesn't realize what an influence Folkways had on a number of bands that they listen to. And from the Folkways point of view, this really carries on the folk tradition -- the idea that it's an oral history and everything is passed from generation to generation.

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    That's super-important to us. We're a part of the Smithsonian, the national museum of the United States. We need to be taken seriously. At the core of it, we're an educational entity.

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