He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young actor named Burl Ives and said, "Burl, you know a lot of great country songs learned from your grandmother, don't you know people would love to hear them?" He put on radio programs. He persuaded CBS to dedicate "The School of the Air" for one year to American folk music. He'd get some old sailor to sing an old sea shanty with a cracked voice. Then he'd get me to sing it with my banjo.
I fought for peace in the fifties. - Pete Seeger
I fought for peace in the fifties.
- Pete Seeger
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… - Pete Seeger
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…
Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. - Pete Seeger
Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.
It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with. - Pete Seeger
It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. - Pete Seeger
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
And when one person taps out a beat, while another leads into the melody, or when three people discover a harmony they never knew existed, or a crowd… - Pete Seeger
And when one person taps out a beat, while another leads into the melody, or when three people discover a harmony they never knew existed, or a crowd…
I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's th… - Pete Seeger
I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's th…
Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race. - Pete Seeger
Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.
The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved. - Pete Seeger
The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.
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