Alan Lomax Quotes

And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.
Alan Lomax

Art, Important, Real

He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that.
Alan Lomax

Great, Father, Through

I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for me, saying they ought to go into my next collected book on American folk music.
Alan Lomax

Music, Saying, Book

The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind of song of commentary and satire, a song form which, after all, has become the main musical form of the whole human species.
Alan Lomax

Human, After, Become

You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, naturally, dying to get out of the place he was in, and he recorded for us his appeal for pardon to the governor.
Alan Lomax

Him, Place, Away

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: January 31, 1915

Died: July 19, 2002

Links

Find on Amazon: Alan Lomax

Cite this Page: Citation

Related Authors

Elbert Hubbard
Dr. Seuss
Napoleon Hill
Robert A. Heinlein
Dale Carnegie
H. L. Mencken
Ray Bradbury
Orison Swett Marden
More

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us