Quotes with folk-influenced

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  • Alice Hoffman I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.
    Alice Hoffman
    American novelist (1952 - )
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  • Alice Hoffman I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.
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  • Bruno Mars I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it's so beautiful, like the melody is just gorgeous and you know Bob Marley is on the radio every single day. It's very reggae-influenced down there. Basically, you haven't been to paradise if you haven't been to Hawaii.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bob Newhart I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Ann Patchett I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens.
    Ann Patchett
    American author (1963 - )
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  • Benjamin Clementine I'm actually doing what I like doing, which is mixing opera music and classical music with soul and folk. And I was writing and talking about what I've actually experienced, and I don't think that's very common.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Anne Rice I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Anthony Doerr I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Cai Guo-Qiang In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists can be and are influenced by politicians.
    Cai Guo-Qiang
    Chinese artist (1957 - )
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  • Bruno Mars In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Carroll Quigley Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government, and some could hardly be influenced by either.
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Barry McGuire It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs.
    Barry McGuire
    American singer-songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Bernard Cornwell It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • T. S. Eliot People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Al Jourgensen Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.
    Al Jourgensen
    Cuban-American singer-songwriter, musician (1958 - )
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  • Ovid Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Eileen Caddy Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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