I was raised on Josh White, the Weavers and Pete Seeger. The music was everywhere. You'd go to a party at somebody's apartment and there would be fifty people there, singing well into the night. — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
If you're serious about singing or acting, which are two art forms that get repetitive, the way to keep the music fresh is to recognize that it is totally impossible for it to ever be the same, night after night.… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself. — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
If we are going to teach the world to stop hating the different, the other, then we’re going to have to start with children. — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community and I use the word very loosely. It's a big community.… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
It was like a miracle. I'm just feeling fabulous. What's incredible is someone has given your life back. I'm out in the garden today.… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
When the fad changed from folk to rock, they didn't take along any good writers. — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
All of us are subject to being passive to the social ills around us. It's a struggle not to become, by staying silent, an… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' all the places we've been, it takes on a different meaning everywhere. When you sing the line, 'How many… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Looking out at this quarter of a million people,... I truly believed, at that moment, it was possible that human beings could join together… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Folk music has a sort of a bubbling-under quality. The stream runs through the cultural consciousness, and whether or not it's on the radio… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
We’ve always been involved with issues that deal with the fundamental human rights of people, whether that means the right to political freedom or… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
