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Mary Travers

(1632–1710)

19 quotes in 183 categories

Mary Allin Travers was an American singer who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey.

Quick Facts About Mary Travers

Born: January 1, 1632
Died: January 1, 1710
Notable works: Mary
Spouse: Sir Gerald Aylmer, 1st Bt.

About Mary Travers

Mary Allin Travers was an American singer who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. Travers grew up amid the burgeoning folk scene in New York City's Greenwich Village, and she released five solo albums. She was a contralto.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Mary Travers

It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself.

Inspirational

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If we are going to teach the world to stop hating the different, the other, then we’re going to have to start…

Children

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I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community and I use the word very loosely. It's a…

Believe

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We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into…

Change

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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…

Fabulous

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When the fad changed from folk to rock, they didn't take along any good writers.

Changed

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All of us are subject to being passive to the social ills around us. It's a struggle not to become, by staying…

Accomplices

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Singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' all the places we've been, it takes on a different meaning everywhere. When you sing the line,…

Apartheid

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Looking out at this quarter of a million people,... I truly believed, at that moment, it was possible that human beings could…

Change

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Folk Music Has Always Contained a Concern for the Human Condition.

Concern

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Folk music has a sort of a bubbling-under quality. The stream runs through the cultural consciousness, and whether or not it's on…

Consciousness

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We’ve always been involved with issues that deal with the fundamental human rights of people, whether that means the right to political…

Air

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There has to be a certain amount of love just in order for you to survive together. I think a lot of…

Able

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The fact that there are singer-songwriters dealing with substantive issues is encouraging. It's important for young people to perceive that there are…

Acceptable

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We hadn't sung together in six years. We realized that we'd missed each other personally and musically, so we decided to try…

Decided

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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

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Folk music has always contained a concern for the human condition. And since it brings people into it from different points of…

Concern

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I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community.

Believe

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If you're serious about singing or acting, which are two art forms that get repetitive, the way to keep the music fresh…

Acting

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