Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.
Pete SeegerRead
Honest songs aren`t written for money.
Interpretation
Honest artistic expressions are not motivated by financial gain.
Pete Seeger's quote emphasizes that genuine creativity stems from passion and truth rather than a desire for profit. It suggests that true art is created for its own sake, reflecting the artist's values and experiences instead of catering to commercial demands.
In practice
During a discussion about the value of art in society.
Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.
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 listening to something, I'm listening to God.
Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.
Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big.” — Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attending his big 90th birthday bash last year)
I’ve never sung anywhere without giving the people listening to me a chance to join in - as a kid, as a lefty, as a man touring the U.S.A. and the world, as an oldster. I guess it’s kind of a religion with me. Participation. That’s what’s going to save the human race.
I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically.
Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or because writing will mend something broken inside you or bring something back to life.
When we see Rey, we want to hear Rey's theme, and when the Force is referred to or felt, we want to hear the Force theme, and so on. We hope that these references make sense to the fans and make the aural connections that we want them to have.
You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages.
I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.
To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
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