Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way we want it to be. We wouldn't be comfortable with it any other way. A folk song has over a thousand faces and you must meet them all if you want to play this stuff. A folk song might vary in meaning and it might not appear the same from one moment to the next. It depends on who's playing and who's listening.
Bob DylanAnd Iโll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it Then Iโll stand on the ocean until I start sinkinโ But Iโll know my song well before I start singin
Bob Dylan