Jakob Dylan Quotes

Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.

I'm not making music for old people or young people. [It's] for everybody that wants to listen to it.

My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound.

For me, there's a lot of intrinsic mystery and power in folk music, but a lot of people don't perceive that music from around the world as something that fits into their lives or their psyche in any way. So I tried to present it in a different way to give it more of a chance to sink into people's heads.

Right now, musically I'm inspired by everyday people.

Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

I do write a lot of folky songs naturally.

In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song.

Bob Dylan, I'd say, is probably my favorite musician.

In high school, I would secretly play Joni Mitchell songs all the time. That's when I started singing and playing at the same time, and I got really into doing that.

My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.

I personally am into the minstrel technique - if I hear someone playing a lute or playing a crumhorn, it just moves me. I don't know why.

I've been hearing what a lot of people been doing and what a lot of people been putting out musically, I've been listening.

I don't think words always lead to meaning, but the things you can create with them are still pretty amazing. I've been really into Joni Mitchell, for example, but I've also been into some studio stuff, like Bjork.

The Woody Guthrie 'Dust Bowl' tunes were really fascinating.

I really got into Gaelic music and the whole sound of it, and I got to go to Scotland.

I've been writing a lot more folky, country type stuff. One of the reasons I wanted to write in the first place was because of Darrell Scott.

The bottom line is, between Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs, I better know how to play banjo. I had the greatest teachers in the world.

I grew up listening to Dolly Parton and just loving her music.

I'm really taken with 'Calling Me Home' by Alice Gerrard.

Music and guitar are my favorite things, so it's fun to get together with other people who share the passion and talk about the details.

Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.

Radio has had my back since 'Missin' You Crazy,' which was a very traditional kind of song.

Not many people know, but Pahari songs are amazing.

I look at bands like the Beach Boys, Hall & Oates and Blur, and those are the bands I want to be in company with because their songwriting is intelligent, and yet you don't need to be a musical genius to pick it up.