I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs.
Roger McGuinnI don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.
Steve EarleI am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid.
Sonny RollinsPop music is so structured, and I'm excited to try and challenge that in my own work.
Sufjan StevensWe never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it.
Thurston Moore