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

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

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

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

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

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 garden today. This time last ….

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

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

There has to be a certain amount of love just in order for you to survive together. I think a lot of groups have gone down the tubes because they wer….

Folk music has always contained a concern for the human condition. And since it brings people into it from different points of view, that can help il….

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 and there would be fif….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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