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I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

~Bruce Springsteen

Topics: Being Folk Like Narrative Part Storytelling Tradition

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I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

~Carlisle Floyd

Topics: American American Music Appalachian Folk Know Music Never Obvious Out References Set Unless Would Write

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I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know.

~Cass Mccombs

Topics: Cut Folk Just Know Singer Streets Teeth You

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I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

~Cass Mccombs

Topics: About Always Anything Even Folk Instruments Just Lot Musician Myself Play Really Somewhat Think Thought Words Write

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Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.

~Cass Mccombs

Topics: About Action Art Been Folk Much Never Politics Utility

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I have no idea what will become of my work in the future, the future folk will not be aware of our influence over them, as we are unaware of how our dead influence us.

~Cass Mccombs

Topics: Aware Become Dead Folk Future How Idea Influence No Idea Our Over Them Unaware Us Will Work

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From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and even the referencing in classic hip hop to cliched love ballads of the '80s or whatever - that is kinda gone, and that's just terrifying to me.

~Cat Power

Topics: Ballads Blues Cab Classic Cliched Covers Even First Folk Gershwin Gone Hip Hip Hop Hop Just Kinda Love Me Record Rolling Rolling Stones Stones Terrifying Tribal Whatever Whose

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Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

~Charles Baudelaire

Topics: Beware Common Common Sense Folk Inspiration Let Us Obvious Sense Sentiment Us

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Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage.

~Charles Hazlewood

Topics: British Cite Composer Dirty Even Folk Formative Had Harmony He Heritage Him Influence Intense Kind Louis Melancholy Music National Now Our Style The Who Too Who Dna

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What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death.

~Charlie Adam

Topics: About Always Arsenal Death Folk Pass Say You

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