Bands Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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?

— Arlo Guthrie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I froze in time! And I thought, "My God... I'm free!"

— 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.

— Arlo Guthrie