America Quote by Billy Bragg

I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I've always been a big fan of how Woody Guthrie wrote political songs like 'This Land is Your Land.'

— Ryan Bingham

Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.

— Steve Earle

We don't need another Woody. Even Bob Dylan knew he couldn't be Woody Guthrie... I like Woody Guthrie fine, but I don't need the…

— Buzz Osborne

If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to…

— John Mellencamp

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it…

— John Mellencamp

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

— Brad Paisley

I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation…

— David Longstreth

Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential.

— Donovan

Bill Monroe is not singing about life in America. He's singing about life in Kentucky and Tennessee. And yet it's had this tremendous impact,…

— Chris Thile

Country Music: The Spirit of America.

— Alan Jackson

I did admire the comments and the music of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. And that didn't fly too well in the Deep South.…

— Steve Young