“The chief contribution made by white men of the Americas to the folk songs of the world ——- the cowboy songs of Texas and the West ——- are rhythmed to the walk, the trot, and the gallop of horses.” MenWorldMadeAmericaSongWhiteWalksHorseWestFolksRhythmChiefsContributionTexasCowboyWhite ManFolk MusicFolk SongsGallopingAmerican WestTrotting Author:J. Frank Dobie
“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.” WritingPlaySongTurnsPaidFolksMusic BusinessFolk MusicBusiness Writing Author:Jackson Browne
“I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.” HoursSimpleEmotionalResearchFolksGrandfatherMy GrandfatherFolk MusicAppalachiaFiddlers Author:Renee Fleming
“What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.” ShouldWritingDoneSongSoundFolksBobDylanWoodyFolk MusicFolk SongsPloughing Author:Justin Townes Earle
“When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of my own specialty, because folk music is to me more limited than classical music.” TodayMy OwnMusicMusic IsPercentFolksListening To MusicClassical MusicFolk MusicSpecialty Author:Tom Glazer
“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.” ThinkingKnowsWayGrowing UpStudyGrowingCommunicationMusic IsFolksTraditionalStorytellerFolk MusicBardsMinstrelsTraditional Music Author:PJ Harvey