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> [Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. They have the resources to cast doubt and fear over any group they feel threatened by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/any-big-organization-can-be-subverted-by-governments-or-multinational/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

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## More by Arlo Guthrie

> [If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/if-readers-understand-that-they-do-not-understand-what-they-are/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [If you do anything for 40 years, you can do it comfortably. And it will always be good. But unless you're willing to risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/if-you-do-anything-for-40-years-you-can-do-it-comfortably-and-it-will/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Ostrich is a very lean meat. Bison is a very lean meat. Chicken is a very lean meat. Notice something about my favorite meats?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/ostrich-is-a-very-lean-meat-bison-is-a-very-lean-meat-chicken-is-a/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Folk music is music that everyday people can play, and it inspired a lot of people to make their own music. That trailed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/folk-music-is-music-that-everyday-people-can-play-and-it-inspired-a/)

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> [I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/i-left-the-entertainment-industry-part-of-my-life-behind-in-1983-when/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/everyone-has-a-responsibility-to-not-only-tolerate-another-person-s/)

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> [I thought I would be governor of Massachusetts. I stood on a pile of my old albums and said, 'I'm the only one with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/i-thought-i-would-be-governor-of-massachusetts-i-stood-on-a-pile-of/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Probably my two biggest musical influences were the Everly Brothers and the Beatles, in chronological order. Both of them have had a very simple-sounding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/probably-my-two-biggest-musical-influences-were-the-everly-brothers/)

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> [People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/people-were-talking-about-songs-of-the-common-man-in-order-to-make/)

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> [My mother had introduced me to a lot of my father's friends because she believed that I would get to know the guy my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/my-mother-had-introduced-me-to-a-lot-of-my-father-s-friends-because/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Everywhere I go, I see all kinds of people at my shows - conservatives, liberals, new-agers, teen-agers, old pensioners. And for those people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/everywhere-i-go-i-see-all-kinds-of-people-at-my-shows-conservatives/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [I froze in time! And I thought, "My God... I'm free!"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/i-froze-in-time-and-i-thought-my-god-i-m-free/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/along-with-a-sense-of-humor-my-songs-have-to-be-sincere-and-they-have/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/be-serious-folk-songs-are-serious-that-s-what-pete-seeger-told-me/)

[Arlo Guthrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-guthrie/)

> [Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-guthrie/greed-and-globalization-aren-t-just-america-s-fault/)

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