Quotes of: Folk-singer Keyword

Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.

Kelly Clarkson

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.

Jan Hammer

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

Michael Storm

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

Alan Parsons

Gujarat is truly vibrant. Be it handicrafts, folk music, art, costumes or food - the state offers the best of everything.

Shreya Ghoshal

Old folks live on memory, young folk live on hope.

All the Seas of the World

I really understand what that process is all about and how important it is, especially with young folk and creative folk that love looking for some platform that makes it easier for them to express themselves.

Mick Fleetwood

If the Devil were dead, folk would do little for God's sake.

Scottish

Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz singers out there, and more coming out of the churches.

Al Jarreau

I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.

Della Reese

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.

Bev Perdue

We had a certain kind of really big prestige among, I suppose not just intellectual folk, but a sort of nice middle class intelligent folk of a very urban nature.

Adolph Green

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

Anne Lamott

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.

Terri Windling

Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.

Alex Haley

Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a pos...

Hill Harper

Jezebel: Well, personally, I never went for church names. [Jacob laughs] Jezebel: What? Jacob Singer: Where do you think Jezebel came from? Jezebel: No one calls me that. Jacob Singer: You're such a heathen, Jezzie. How'd I ever get involved with suc...

Jacob's Ladder

Married folk are like rats in a trap -- fain to get others in, but fain to be out themselves.

Scottish

I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do that, but I think there's room for the tone singers. And there aren't a lot of them.

Zooey Deschanel

I don't feel like God called me to be a gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer; he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

Josh Turner