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Folk Quotes

I came late to the genre of folk music Picture Quote #1

Like all right-listening folk, I am an implacable enemy of all muzak Picture Quote #1

Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk Picture Quote #1

The old folk, time's doting chronicles Picture Quote #1

My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet’s the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges Picture Quote #1

Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and complexity into it - also part of the fun of it all Picture Quote #1

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Folk tales and myths, they’ve lasted for a reason. We tell them over and over because we keep finding truths in them, and we keep finding life in them Picture Quote #1

And this is the origin of pop music: it’s a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well Picture Quote #1

Art teaches us to see into things. Folk art and kitsch allow us to see outward from within things Picture Quote #1

My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things Picture Quote #1

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it Picture Quote #1

In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it Picture Quote #1

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If music is a place - then jazz is the city, folk is the wilderness, rock is the road, classical is a temple Picture Quote #1

Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to help them overcome these feelings of inferiority and compensate for their personal inadequacies in the pursuit of power Picture Quote #1

Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more Picture Quote #1

Songwriters I’ve always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing... I’ve always been influenced by the folk song, the storytelling tradition in folk music. And so for years I wrote mostly story songs. I still do that, but as I’ve gone on, it’s gotten a little more personal. I used to write mostly in the third person. I write a little more in the first person now Picture Quote #1

A folk song is what’s wrong and how to fix it or it could be who’s hungry and where their mouth is or who’s out of work and where the job is or who’s broke and where the money is or who’s carrying a gun and where the peace is Picture Quote #1

If people have to put labels on me, I’d prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer Picture Quote #1

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I came late to the genre of folk music (Folk Quotes) Like all right-listening folk, I am an implacable enemy of all muzak (Folk Quotes) Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk (Folk Quotes) The old folk, time's doting chronicles (Folk Quotes) My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet’s the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges. (Folk Quotes) Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and complexity into it - also part of the fun of it all. (Folk Quotes) Folk tales and myths, they’ve lasted for a reason. We tell them over and over because we keep finding truths in them, and we keep finding life in them. (Folk Quotes) And this is the origin of pop music: it’s a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well. (Folk Quotes) Art teaches us to see into things. Folk art and kitsch allow us to see outward from within things. (Folk Quotes) My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things. (Folk Quotes) The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it (Folk Quotes) In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it (Folk Quotes) If music is a place - then jazz is the city, folk is the wilderness, rock is the road, classical is a temple (Folk Quotes) Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to help them overcome these feelings of inferiority and compensate for their personal inadequacies in the pursuit of power (Folk Quotes) Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more (Folk Quotes) Songwriters I’ve always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing... I’ve always been influenced by the folk song, the storytelling tradition in folk music. And so for years I wrote mostly story songs. I still do that, but as I’ve gone on, it’s gotten a little more personal. I used to write mostly in the third person. I write a little more in the first person now (Folk Quotes) A folk song is what’s wrong and how to fix it or it could be who’s hungry and where their mouth is or who’s out of work and where the job is or who’s broke and where the money is or who’s carrying a gun and where the peace is (Folk Quotes) If people have to put labels on me, I’d prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer (Folk Quotes)

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