Ethan Coen Quotes

First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.

I really get that some people like the roots-rock, storytelling thing that I was doing, and I'm proud of that.

I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.

I do all the classics, like Dylan, Kristofferson, Jimmy Reed, Mexican mariachi songs, some jazz songs from the '30s. Cole Porter's 'Begin the Beguine,' that's one of my favorites.

When I first moved to London, there was talk of a folk revival, with annoying names like nu-folk that made me feel slightly ill.

When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.

My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material.

To be honest, I'm really into folk music, and I love Big Phony. I like Priscilla Ahn, and yeah, I really support Asian-American artists.

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.

There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.

And now, I still really don't care that much but now I have music playing all the time at home, which is a first for me. Whatever. Everything from Ani DiFranco to Dave Matthews to Jack Johnson and Norah Jones.

I've always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud.

Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music.

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.

I base my roots and history in old blues, old country and old bluegrass, and I like rock 'n' roll, and somehow it all came together, and that is what I am playing now.

I have quite an eclectic taste in music. I like Angus & Julia Stone; they are an Australian brother/sister duo. I like Adele. She is phenomenal.

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.

I play blues old-timey style.

I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.

When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Otis Redding or Nirvana.

My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles - I grew up with this music, and I was aware of how special this music was to a lot of people.

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.