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Pete Seeger quotes: Like most teachers, I'm just another sower of seeds. Like most teachers, I'm just another sower of seeds.
Pete Seeger quotes: Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple. Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.
Pete Seeger quotes: 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. 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.
Pete Seeger quotes: RULERS should be careful about what songs are allowed to be sung. RULERS should be careful about what songs are allowed to be sung.
Pete Seeger quotes: And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well. And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well.
Pete Seeger quotes: Looking back, I think I tried to be too eclectic. Sometimes I'd sing thirty songs, and fifteen of them were not in English. Looking back, I think I tried to be too eclectic. Sometimes I'd sing thirty songs, and fifteen of them were not in English.
Pete Seeger quotes: Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first. Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.
Pete Seeger quotes: Do-so is more important than say-so. Do-so is more important than say-so.
Pete Seeger quotes: Plagiarism is basic to all culture Plagiarism is basic to all culture
Pete Seeger quotes: I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me. I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me.
Pete Seeger quotes: Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race. Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.
Pete Seeger quotes: I guess I've learned more from the Clearwater than anything else. All I did was help to plant a seed, and I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I guess I've learned more from the Clearwater than anything else. All I did was help to plant a seed, and I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
Pete Seeger quotes: I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist. I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist.
Pete Seeger quotes: I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears. I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.
Pete Seeger quotes: The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be. The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.
Pete Seeger quotes: If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always get people to sing with me. If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always get people to sing with me.
Pete Seeger quotes: The world will be solved by millions of small things. The world will be solved by millions of small things.
Pete Seeger quotes: I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.
Pete Seeger quotes: Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes. Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes.
Pete Seeger quotes: I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax. I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.
Pete Seeger quotes: The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.
Pete Seeger quotes: I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other. I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.
Pete Seeger quotes: The truth is a rabbit in a bramble patch. All you can do is circle around and say it's somewhere in there. The truth is a rabbit in a bramble patch. All you can do is circle around and say it's somewhere in there.
Pete Seeger quotes: My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia. My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia.
Pete Seeger quotes: Some may find them merely diverting melodies. Others may find them incitements to Red revolution. And who will say if either or both is wrong? Not I. Some may find them merely diverting melodies. Others may find them incitements to Red revolution. And who will say if either or both is wrong? Not I.
Pete Seeger quotes: I feel that my whole life is a contribution. I feel that my whole life is a contribution.
Pete Seeger quotes: Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into the republic." Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into the republic."
Pete Seeger quotes: In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else. In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else.
Pete Seeger quotes: Many Americans knew their lives and their souls were being struggled for, and they fought for it. And I felt I should carry on. Many Americans knew their lives and their souls were being struggled for, and they fought for it. And I felt I should carry on.
Pete Seeger quotes: Parents are the hardest-working members of the population. But they do it for the highest wages. Kisses. Parents are the hardest-working members of the population. But they do it for the highest wages. Kisses.
Pete Seeger quotes: When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?
Pete Seeger quotes: It was only through the years that I realized what an absolutely extraordinarily thoughtful person Dr. King was. It was only through the years that I realized what an absolutely extraordinarily thoughtful person Dr. King was.
Pete Seeger quotes: Did you ever want something really bad and then when you finally got it all you could do was stand there and grin at it? Did you ever want something really bad and then when you finally got it all you could do was stand there and grin at it?
Pete Seeger quotes: I used to agree with Kurt Vonnegut, who said that the human race has a snowball's chance in hell of being around a hundred years from now. I used to agree with Kurt Vonnegut, who said that the human race has a snowball's chance in hell of being around a hundred years from now.
Pete Seeger quotes: My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff. My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff.
Pete Seeger quotes: Realize that little things lead to bigger things. Realize that little things lead to bigger things.
Pete Seeger quotes: Throughout history the leaders of the countries have been very particular about what songs should be sung. We know the power of songs. Throughout history the leaders of the countries have been very particular about what songs should be sung. We know the power of songs.
Pete Seeger quotes: My job, is to show folks there's a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet. My job, is to show folks there's a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.
Pete Seeger quotes: If I had an axe on the evening at Newport when [Dylan] broke out the electric guitar, I'd have cut his cable. If I had an axe on the evening at Newport when [Dylan] broke out the electric guitar, I'd have cut his cable.
Pete Seeger quotes: 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. 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.
Pete Seeger quotes: Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.
Pete Seeger quotes: You can't work on everything all the time, so start where you are. You can't work on everything all the time, so start where you are.
Pete Seeger quotes: The first country conquered by any dictator is his own country. The first country conquered by any dictator is his own country.
Pete Seeger quotes: The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible. The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible.
Pete Seeger quotes: Work in nightclubs was interesting. There were interesting people and places, but by and large, the commercial music experience. Work in nightclubs was interesting. There were interesting people and places, but by and large, the commercial music experience.
Pete Seeger quotes: Get people to sing together and they'll act together too. Get people to sing together and they'll act together too.
Pete Seeger quotes: I was never enthusiastic about being somebody who was supposed to be silent about being a member of something. I was never enthusiastic about being somebody who was supposed to be silent about being a member of something.
Pete Seeger quotes: I dreamed I saw a mighty room, the room was filled with men. And the paper they were signing said they'd never fight again. I dreamed I saw a mighty room, the room was filled with men. And the paper they were signing said they'd never fight again.
Pete Seeger quotes: Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world. Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.
Pete Seeger quotes: Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on.We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on. Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on.We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on.
Pete Seeger quotes: Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary. Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary.
Pete Seeger quotes: But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them. But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them.
Pete Seeger quotes: I fought for peace in the fifties. I fought for peace in the fifties.
Pete Seeger quotes: Food is one of the great organizing tools. Food is one of the great organizing tools.
Pete Seeger quotes: Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.
Pete Seeger quotes: Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life. Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.
Pete Seeger quotes: But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail. But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail.
Pete Seeger quotes: My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.' My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'
Pete Seeger quotes: This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit. This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.
Pete Seeger quotes: To everything there is a season. To everything there is a season.
Pete Seeger quotes: Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions. Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.
Pete Seeger quotes: It's been my belief that learning how to do something in your hometown is the most important thing. It's been my belief that learning how to do something in your hometown is the most important thing.
Pete Seeger quotes: But if two and two and fifty make a million, ... But if two and two and fifty make a million, ...
Pete Seeger quotes: If there is a world here in a hundred years, it's going to be saved by tens of millions of little things. If there is a world here in a hundred years, it's going to be saved by tens of millions of little things.
Pete Seeger quotes: I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think. I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think.
Pete Seeger quotes: Be wary of great leaders. Be wary of great leaders.
Pete Seeger quotes: You have a right to your opinion and I've got a right to mine. Period. You have a right to your opinion and I've got a right to mine. Period.
Pete Seeger quotes: I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody. I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.
Pete Seeger quotes: A song is like a picture of a bird in flight; the bird was moving before the picture was taken, and no doubt continued after. A song is like a picture of a bird in flight; the bird was moving before the picture was taken, and no doubt continued after.
Pete Seeger quotes: Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire. Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.
Pete Seeger quotes: This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender. This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.
Pete Seeger quotes: The real meaning of courage was the personal sacrifice of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. The real meaning of courage was the personal sacrifice of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
Pete Seeger quotes: When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune. When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.
Pete Seeger quotes: Hope that there are many, many small leaders. Hope that there are many, many small leaders.
Pete Seeger quotes: I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically. I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically.
Pete Seeger quotes: One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties. One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.
Pete Seeger quotes: All songwriters are links in a chain. All songwriters are links in a chain.
Pete Seeger quotes: My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day. My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day.
Pete Seeger quotes: The world will be saved by people fighting for their homes. The world will be saved by people fighting for their homes.
Pete Seeger quotes: Not everybody has to sing the melody. Not everybody has to sing the melody.
Pete Seeger quotes: It's a terrible thing being a patriarch. I don't even have a gray beard. But people keep calling me up for advice. It's a terrible thing being a patriarch. I don't even have a gray beard. But people keep calling me up for advice.
Pete Seeger quotes: Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church
Pete Seeger quotes: Anybody who wants to learn everything is pretty stupid. You learn what you can. Anybody who wants to learn everything is pretty stupid. You learn what you can.
Pete Seeger quotes: Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business. Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business.
Pete Seeger quotes: If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas. If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.
Pete Seeger quotes: A good song reminds us what we're fighting for. A good song reminds us what we're fighting for.
Pete Seeger quotes: How can you save the world you have not seen if you can't save the community you have seen? How can you save the world you have not seen if you can't save the community you have seen?
Pete Seeger quotes: My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's. My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's.
Pete Seeger quotes: I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known. I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known.
Pete Seeger quotes: Any idiot can be complicated. It takes a genius to be simple. Any idiot can be complicated. It takes a genius to be simple.
Pete Seeger quotes: I think folk music helps reinforce your sense of history. An old song makes you think of times gone by. I think folk music helps reinforce your sense of history. An old song makes you think of times gone by.
Pete Seeger quotes: Some folklorists just collected dead bones from one graveyard, only to bury them in another, their library. Some folklorists just collected dead bones from one graveyard, only to bury them in another, their library.
Pete Seeger quotes: Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
Pete Seeger quotes: It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with. It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
Pete Seeger quotes: You'd be surprised how many stupid mistakes I've made. I make stupid mistakes all the time, and some of them have been very big stupid mistakes. You'd be surprised how many stupid mistakes I've made. I make stupid mistakes all the time, and some of them have been very big stupid mistakes.

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