Famous quotes containing the words traditional, folk and/or music:
“In abnormal times like our own, when institutions are changing rapidly in several directions at once and the traditional framework of society has broken down, it becomes more and more difficult to measure any type of behavior against any other.”
—John Dos Passos (18961970)
“An when the earths as caulds the mune
An a its folk are lang syne deid,
On coontless stars the Babe maun cry
An the Crucified maun bleed.”
—Hugh MacDiarmid (18921978)
“Good music is very close to primitive language.”
—Denis Diderot (17131784)