When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.
Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.
Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and Manchester, for the first time.
Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time.
[first lines] Border Cop: Uh, you folks American citizens?
I think religion is a mistake - I'm exhausted by its self-righteousness. I think atheists should start screaming for attention like religious folks do.
I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.
I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally.
The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.
I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.
When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.
Like all right-listening folk, I am an implacable enemy of all muzak.
Bette Davis lived long enough to hear the Kim Carnes song, 'Bette Davis Eyes'. The lyrics to that song were not very interesting. But the fact of the song was the proof of an acknowledgement that in the twentieth century we lived through an age of im...
Music has the power to stop time. When I listen to songs, I'm transported back to the moment of their birth, which is sometimes even before the moment of my birth. Old songs, rock or soul or blues, still connect with me because the human emotions in ...
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
He who starts singing too high will never finish the song.
Every story has two sides and every song has twelve versions.
The nightingale will run out of songs before a woman runs out of conversation.
There may be obstacles, but money is not one," the Iranian said. "Good. Money is usually an obstacle if you don't have it.
A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.
