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I was exposed to many kinds of music including rock and disco, classical and folk, Midtown and Miles Davis, Sly Stone and David Bowie.

~Esperanza Spalding

Topics: Bowie Classical David David Bowie Davis Disco Exposed Folk Including Kinds Many Miles Miles Davis Music Rock Sly Stone

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Dave Van Ronk, for those who don't know him - probably most don't know - was a folk singer. He's kind of the biggest person on the scene in 1961 in the folk revival in Greenwich Village, biggest person on the scene until Bob Dylan showed up.

~Ethan Coen

Topics: Biggest Bob Bob Dylan Dave Dylan Folk Greenwich He Him Kind Know Most Person Revival Scene Singer Those Until Up Van Village Who

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There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.

~Eugene Chadbourne

Topics: Because Bridges Building Died Folk Peasants Songs Them

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The greatest thing about doing this movie was that Chris and I both were involved in folk music in the '60s. I had a group, but I don't think it was at the same level as Chris, because he's an amazing musician.

~Eugene Levy

Topics: About Amazing Because Both Chris Doing Folk Folk Music Greatest Greatest Thing Group Had He Involved Level Movie Music Musician Same Same Level Thing Think Were

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I've always been scared of advertising folk. I've met them at parties and I've been to their offices and I've always found them intimidatingly cool. At one company I visited, they held their meetings in a caravan that had somehow been installed in the place, a rather more exotic place to gather than the typical BBC glass box.

~Evan Davis

Topics: Advertising Always Been Box Caravan Company Cool Exotic Folk Found Gather Glass Had Held Meetings Met More Offices Parties Place Rather Scared Somehow Than Them Typical Visited Bbc

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Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands soon acquire skills, excellent craftsmanship which will be the most important measure of how well we can industrialize.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Acquire Appreciation Art Belonging Community Craftsmanship Creative Excellent Folk Hands How Identities Important Measure Most Our People Pride Skills Soon Strengthen The Most Important Trained Use Well Which Will

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As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of our folk arts. We can do this if we are true to our roots and strive for excellence.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Artists Arts Bring Classics Create Down Excellence Folk Go Languages Level Must Our Out Roots Should Strive Them True Up

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Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest of the Japanese in their folk culture is transcendental.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Above Cosmopolitan Culture Folk Interest Japan Japanese Narrow Origins Perspective Transcendental Values Very View World World View

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I never started out as an R&B singer. I grew up on all types of music - jazz, rock, pop, country, folk - and I wanted to bring that to my stage.

~Fantasia Barrino

Topics: Bring Country Folk Grew Jazz Music Never Out Pop Rock Singer Stage Started Types Up Wanted

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Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.

~Francesco Guicciardini

Topics: Cannot Companions Either Engaged Excessive Fellowship Folk Fools Knave Making Men Most Others Our Perilous Reason Risk Run Since Without

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