Indie Folk Quotes

I'm actually in my 22-year-old son Jason's band, After Midnight Project. The music is like Coldplay-ish rock.

I just got exposed to electronica, and I really liked it. I am also good with alternative rock. I like Lana Del Rey, Adele, Dido, Jack Johnson, and I love the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

Definitely one of the biggest influences on my music is the music that Ben Gibbard's associated with, so Death Cab and The Postal Service.

That Yo La Tengo record, 'Painful,' has got some real awesome, noisy, mellow heartbreakers.

I'm definitely a singer-songwriter. I'm somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack Johnson.

Fleet Foxes are a really talented band. They make beautiful music.

I feel like you could listen to any Bon Iver song and it would make you cry. They're all so heart-wrenching.

I listened to Kanye West and also dove deep into bands like Radiohead, Portishead, and Bon Iver.

My plan was to release a tape, move to Arkansas, live on a farm, and make music like Bon Iver.

Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.

I love Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who are from New Zealand, living in Portland.

I'm into Incubus. Growing up, I was a huge Taking Back Sunday fan. I'm still a fan, but I don't listen as much as I used to. When I was 13 or 14, I started getting into emo-pop-rock, so that influenced me. I also love Drake... I have a pretty diverse collection.

I'm into indie music. I think indie is going to bring back the spirit in music. There was a time when it was all about accommodating the music business, the music was getting tasteless, but the spirit is back.

I'm a big Arcade Fire fan. I love the way they make records - 'Funeral' being my favorite.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.'

In everything I do, my principal inspiration is the 1996 Belle & Sebastian album 'If You're Feeling Sinister.'

I'm definitely influenced by Animal Collective. I watched them early on.

I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard.

I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.

I feel like we're very lucky in the sense that Dawes can be the kind of band that plays with Bright Eyes or M. Ward but that also plays with Bob Dylan.

There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.

I'm always into rock n' roll and indie rock.

Dr. Dog is good summer music.

I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.