Folk music is not so much a body of art as it is a process, an attitude, and a way of life; its distinguishing features lie not within the songs them…

- Sam Hinton

A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his conscience provided, of cou…

- Sam Hinton

The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own.

- Sam Hinton