Pete Seeger

I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.

— Pete Seeger

I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist.

— Pete Seeger

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

— Pete Seeger

Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.

— Pete Seeger

This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.

— Pete Seeger

The world will be solved by millions of small things.

— Pete Seeger

I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.

— Pete Seeger

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't

— Pete Seeger

Some may find them merely diverting melodies. Others may find them incitements to Red revolution. And who will say if either or…

— Pete Seeger

A good song can only do good, and I am proud of the songs I have sung. I hope to be able…

— Pete Seeger

Shh. Listen to the sounds that surround you. Notice the pitches, the volume, the timbre, the many lines of counterpoint. As light…

— Pete Seeger

I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian…

— Pete Seeger

I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having…

— Pete Seeger

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be…

— Pete Seeger

In the sixties, during the Vietnam war, when anarchists and pacifists and socialists, Democrats and Republicans, decent-hearted Americans, all recoiled with horror…

— Pete Seeger

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

— Pete Seeger

Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many…

— Pete Seeger

There's a story behind every old ballad or work song or nonsense song that I ever knew. Sometimes it's a fascinating story.…

— Pete Seeger

I live in the country, so I get a fair amount of exercise. We heat our house with wood, so I split…

— Pete Seeger

The danger with the internet is that you don't need to think about music, you just search for it and you find…

— Pete Seeger

I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and…

— Pete Seeger

At the audition, your assignment is to find something new in the song. Something you've never noticed before. A breath carried over,…

— Pete Seeger

I'm not sure if my involvement in causes, benefits, marches, and demonstrations has made a huge difference, but I know one thing:…

— Pete Seeger

I feel most spiritual when I'm out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. [I…

— Pete Seeger

Any idiot can be complicated. It takes a genius to be simple.

— Pete Seeger

There is no such thing as a wrong note ... just as long as you're singing along.

— Pete Seeger

“Come back to town. Bring your darn ukelele! We don't care anymore!”

— Pete Seeger

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same.

— Pete Seeger

This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.

— Pete Seeger

You can't work on everything all the time, so start where you are.

— Pete Seeger

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

— Pete Seeger

The world will be saved by people fighting for their homes.

— Pete Seeger

My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff.

— Pete Seeger

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

— Pete Seeger

“Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.”

— Pete Seeger

The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.

— Pete Seeger

Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.

— Pete Seeger

The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm.…

— Pete Seeger

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things; they can slip across borders.

— Pete Seeger

I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you…

— Pete Seeger