I did admire the comments and the music of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. And that didn't fly too well in the… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
People who get together, regardless of other structures, will find something in common. They are bound to. That was the Pete Seeger… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus.… — Tom Paxton Copy Share Image
Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
My musical heroes are people like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie who wrote and sang real songs for real people; for everyone,… — Tom Chapin Copy Share Image
I actually learned the guitar with the help of a Pete Seeger instructional record when I was 13 or 14. — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence. — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I heard Pete Seeger records when I was a kid. I saw Bob Dylan when I was about 12. The first song… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I think that there are artists of different genres whose calling is to use their art to hope to affect and better… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I was raised on Josh White, the Weavers and Pete Seeger. The music was everywhere. You'd go to a party at somebody's… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note.… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
If I ever hear "Power to the people" again, I'llà I just found out that John Lennon wrote that song, "All we… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
Back then I was still listening to rhythm and blues, and my aunt took me to see a Pete Seeger concert. And… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
“That's Pete Seeger,' Joy said, indicating the snake with a nod. 'Baker beaned 'im, Dad stuffed 'im, and I named 'im.” — Mohja Kahf Copy Share Image
I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil… — Vicki Sue Robinson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I absorbed the vinyl of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliott, to Michael McClure and then into the Beat poets, Allen Ginsberg.… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
![“I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body of American music, it gives me strength as a writer, like I'm dipping my pen into a deep ink well. That's the folk music tradition. Like Pete Seeger said, 'Everyone's a…” quote by Ketch Secor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/216/ketch-secor-28477_american-music_i-enjoy-writing-songs-that-could-have-be_1676687.jpg)
