“All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.” ArtFunnySongMusicHistoryHeardMusicianMusic IsHorseMusicalFolksClassical MusicGuitaristFolk MusicInspirational MusicFunny MusicFamous MusicianFolk SongsClassic MusicHearing MusicModern MusicClassical Musicians Author:Louis Armstrong
“I love commercial music! I can dissect it and criticize it with any critic in the business. But without any thought, I just enjoy it. It's folk music. That's what I'm doing, folk music. I'm not intellectualizing it . . . and making it into a phoney art form. I'm just doing the music I enjoy.” ArtI CanFormEnjoyMusicCriticsFolksCriticizeFolk MusicCommercial Music Author:John Lennon
“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.” LongSaidImportantNightMemoriesMusicGoneMusicianSingingHotJazzFolksLong AgoYardsMoonlightJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Louis Armstrong
“The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music. It's changing the music, and for the better.” PeopleTodayMusicRocksHealthyJazzMusicalFolksBackgroundsComing Out Author:Billy Taylor
“Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply into American blues, gospel, folk hymnody, and hill country dance music. To that gumbo, he added the invigorating rhythms and harmonies of hot jazz. It was a new kind of American music, named in honor of his band The Blue Grass Boys to be known, simply, as bluegrass.” KindCountryKnownMusicBoysHonorBandHarmonyHotBlueBillsJazzAncientFolksBritishRhythmHillsGrassToneSpokesEchoesFiddleDance MusicInvigoratingAmerican MusicBluegrassDelvingBagpipesGumbo Author:Paul Zollo
“You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of music cohabitating the Top 40 - the folk sound, The Beatles, the British sound, the Motown sounds, that kind of light country - it was a welcome relief after a few hard rock records. Everyone was sharing the airwaves, and I think it was a beautiful time for American music.” ThinkingKindDifferentCountryHardLightTodayBeautifulSoundMusicRecordsRocksFolksRadioPopsBritishLovelyWelcomeGenreReliefDifferent GenresAmerican MusicMotownLovely ThingsHard RockGenres Of MusicDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Jimmy Webb