Steve Forbert Quotes

But when I was 12 or 13, I found the acoustic guitar and got into guitar music ultimately, like Black Motorcycle Club, obviously Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash.

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

The Byrds weren't rock n' roll guys. We were kinda like your Seekers... folkies who took it a step further.

Or like in the early 70's when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And you had James Taylor and everyone went acoustic and that.

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

I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music.

When I was in Boston, I was doing a lot of Americana stuff - I fell in love with Ray LaMontagne, Patty Griffin, and Neil Young.

My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.

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

As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.

My music is basically perceived as folk or softer rock.

I never got a chance to do Tom Waits or PJ Harvey kind of stuff in the Gaslight Anthem.

I think it is safe to say, as a huge fan of music, that between 1967 and 1972 was the renaissance of rock music. That's when all the forces combined together-the talent that was available and the freedom for the artists. The industry hadn't become so gigantic.

I am going through a Neil Young phase. I also listen to a lot of alternative country, a band called Smog and Bonnie Prince Billy, which is very dark and twisted.

I've always appreciated more guitar-driven and, in general, just rock music; that's what I listen to. I don't really listen to electronic music.

I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.

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.

I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.

I write alternative, folkie pop. It's very acoustic.

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

I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.

I came late to the genre of folk music.

I usually get down with a little Violent Femmes in the summer. You know, 'Blister In The Sun.'