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 people exist, before they're allowed to be free?' in a prison yard for political prisoners in El Salvador; if you have sung it to a group of union organizers, who have all been in jail, in South Korea; if you've sung to Jews in the Soviet Union who have been refused exit visas; if you've sung it with Bishop Tutu protesting apartheid, the song breathes, it lives, it has a contemporary currency.
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… - Mary Travers
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…
- Mary Travers
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… - Mary Travers
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…
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… - Mary Travers
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…
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… - Mary Travers
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…
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… - Mary Travers
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…
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. - Mary Travers
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.
Folk Music Has Always Contained a Concern for the Human Condition. - Mary Travers
Folk Music Has Always Contained a Concern for the Human Condition.
I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community. - Mary Travers
I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community.
It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself. - Mary Travers
It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself.
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