“Have you ever listened to folk music? Let's face it, a lot of folk music is all about dead sailors, mad witches, rape and fratricide.”
“All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.”
“Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.”
“Kids don't think about their folks nearly as much as everybody imagines. Parents are just there, like background music at the mall.”
“If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.”
“Martin Carthy on English folk music: "I'm not interested in heritage - this stuff is alive.”