I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and they seem to be stuck there for a reason, and I start singing them.
The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was a boy soprano. I didn't do that much cl… - Sam Amidon
The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was a boy soprano. I didn't do that much cl…
- Sam Amidon
When I do older folk songs, I'm not doing them because they're old. I have no interest in reviving or continuing a tradition. I'm just doing them bec… - Sam Amidon
When I do older folk songs, I'm not doing them because they're old. I have no interest in reviving or continuing a tradition. I'm just doing them bec…
There are some people who do great stuff singing and playing fiddle at the same time and doing that kind of arrangement. But I think [I don't do that… - Sam Amidon
There are some people who do great stuff singing and playing fiddle at the same time and doing that kind of arrangement. But I think [I don't do that…
Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great. - Sam Amidon
Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great.
I'm not somebody that has an encyclopedic knowledge of ballads and could sit around a fire and sing songs for three hours. I basically only know the … - Sam Amidon
I'm not somebody that has an encyclopedic knowledge of ballads and could sit around a fire and sing songs for three hours. I basically only know the …
If I said who I was influenced by, it would be really weird and pretentious because it would be people who have nothing to do with what I do. From a … - Sam Amidon
If I said who I was influenced by, it would be really weird and pretentious because it would be people who have nothing to do with what I do. From a …
Guitar comes more out of its limitations for me, like putting it in a weird tuning and then just go places. - Sam Amidon
Guitar comes more out of its limitations for me, like putting it in a weird tuning and then just go places.
I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and they seem to be stuck there for… - Sam Amidon
I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and they seem to be stuck there for…
If I pick up a fiddle, I don't compose on it, so much as I just play whatever. - Sam Amidon
If I pick up a fiddle, I don't compose on it, so much as I just play whatever.
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