My dad's songs were really written to make certain people feel as though they had some kind of value. Because they were told from where they work and from the countries they had immigrated from that they did not. — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
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… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
Ostrich is a very lean meat. Bison is a very lean meat. Chicken is a very lean meat. Notice something about my favorite meats? — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
Folk music is music that everyday people can play, and it inspired a lot of people to make their own music. That trailed into… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore. — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
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… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
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… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
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… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
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… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
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… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
