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Woodstock is the only thing we have going for us in this part of the state in terms of national recognition. The idea is to extract what was good about Woodstock, repackage it, and present it to Middle America.

— Alan Gerry

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Woodstock is well known because this country is so hyped on amount. It was big. Half a million people doesn't necessarily mean something is good. It just means it's big.

— Grace Slick

Over the years Woodstock got glorified and romanticised and became the event that symbolised Utopia. It's the last page of our collective memory of the age of innocence. Then things turned ugly and would never be the same again.

— Ang Lee

Describing something as the 'Woodstock of...' has taken to mean a one-of-a-kind historic gathering.

— Steve Blank

Woodstock was the antithesis of what the music industry turned into. And if anyone tries to tie another Woodstock festival to an obnoxious sponsor, I'll be out protesting again.

— Michael Wadleigh

I was living in Woodstock for a long time, and I thought, I got to get out of here, man.

— Jules Shear

Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.

— Richie Havens

Describing Woodstock as the 'big bang,' I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.

— David Crosby

Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.

— Johnny Rivers

✗Opposing Perspectives

We can't recreate Woodstock, nor do we want to. We want to turn its notoriety into a place where we can shape controlled, scaled-down musical events of all sorts.

— Alan Gerry