I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.
From Pete Seeger
I came along and was a teenager in the Depression, and nobody had jobs. So I went out hitchhiking, when I met a man named Woody Guthrie. He was the single biggest part of my education.
When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.
I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.
It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.
Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.
I live in the country, so I get a fair amount of exercise. We heat our house with wood, so I split wood. We also live on a steep hill, and I have to rake and put in cross-stitches to keep the road from washing out when there's a big rain.
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