Pete Seeger Quotes
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A time to gain, a time to lose A time to rend, a time to sew A time of love, a time of hate A time of peace... I swear it's not too late.
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At the audition, your assignment is to find something new in the song. Something you've never noticed before. A breath carried over, a thought that ties the whole thing together. Then take the risk and do it.
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The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible.
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I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.
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The world will be saved by people fighting for their homes.
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I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches, and I do this voluntarily.
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I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American.
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My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia.
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According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes, I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm listening to something, I'm listening to God.
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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
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... 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.
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If it can't be … reused, repaired … then it should be … redesigned or removed from production.
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One blue sky above us One ocean lapping all our shore One earth so green and round Who could ask for more And because I love you I'll give it one more try To show my rainbow race It's too soon to die.
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One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.
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In the largest sense, every work of art is protest. … A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it. … A hymn is a controversial song - sing one in the wrong church: you'll find out. …
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If there's something wrong, speak up!
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We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand some day... The whole wide world around some day.
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It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
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The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm. But that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for slavery.
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Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.
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The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.
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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.
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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.
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Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls have picked them everyone. Oh, when will they ever learn?