56 Quotes About Folk

  • Author Justin Chon
  • Quote

    To be honest, I'm really into folk music, and I love Big Phony. I like Priscilla Ahn, and yeah, I really support Asian-American artists.

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author George Grove
  • Quote

    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.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Nancy Griffith
  • Quote

    Personally speaking, I think that being a folk song writer, which I am, comes with a responsibility to reflect on the social times you are living in, ... That's just what I did in my latest release, Hearts in Mind.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Patty Griffin
  • Quote

    It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Robert Gottlieb
  • Quote

    In Georgia, apparently, men are men and women are women - at least in their folk dance.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author M. Hopper
  • Quote

    We're ecstatic. He's the ultimate folk hero, standing up to the government over a matter of principle.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Melora Hardin
  • Quote

    I would say I grew up listening a lot to Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland and Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. I grew up listening to those because my parents were kind of into folk music.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Robin Marantz Henig
  • Quote

    Angels, demons, spirits, wizards, gods and witches have peppered folk religions since mankind first started telling stories.

  • Tags
  • Share