I mainly play traditional music, which by definition is music that you've heard someone else doing.

- John Spiers

A lot of English traditional music is guesswork anyway, so it's very difficult for people to be vehemently opposed to experimenting with it.

- John Spiers

If someone doesn't hate what you're doing - you're not doing very well.

- John Spiers

Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally the more tim…

- John Spiers