Occupation: Singer Birth: May 3, 1919 Death: January 27, 2014
I’ve found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the he….
I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers….
There is an old Arabic proverb, 'When the king puts the poet on his payroll, he cuts off the tongue of the poet', so throughout the ages, people in p….
Now somebody will ask me, Pete, how can you prove these songs really make a difference? And I have to confess I can't prove a darn thing, except that….
It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with..
Honest songs aren`t written for money..
I still prefer to hear [Bob] Dylan acoustic, some of his electric songs are absolutely great. Electric music is the vernacular of the second half of ….
Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the rig….
And the people in the houses All went to the University And they got put in boxes Little boxes all the same, Little boxes all the same, Little boxes ….
There's a story behind every old ballad or work song or nonsense song that I ever knew. Sometimes it's a fascinating story. A story of people struggl….
Work in nightclubs was interesting. There were interesting people and places, but by and large, the commercial music experience..
There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it without power to save it. In a small way….
I fought for peace in the fifties..
Way back in the old days, say in Europe of the Middle Ages, you had an aristocracy, and they could afford to pay for musicians. The kings and queens ….
I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an ab….
However, the agricultural revolution took thousands of years, the Industrial Revolution took hundreds, and the information revolution only took decad….
We will never know everything. But I think if we can learn within the next few decades to face the danger we all are in, I believe there will be tens….
Edison failed ten thousand times before he perfected the modern electric lamp. The average man would have quit at the first failure. That's why the….
I feel most spiritual when I'm out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. [I used to say] I was an atheist. Now I say, it's….
According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm li….
Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or pen and can write it do….