It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people
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This land is your land, this land is my land
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes collective ownership and shared belonging to a place.
Woody Guthrie's famous line from the song captures the essence of communal unity and equality, suggesting that the land belongs to everyone, regardless of individual ownership. It reflects a deep sense of belonging and the idea that we all share a responsibility and connection to our environment and each other.
Themes
LandBelongingCommunityOwnershipEquality
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote during a community meeting to emphasize the importance of local participation and stewardship.
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All quotes →A folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it or it could be _x000D_ who's hungry and where their mouth is or _x000D_ who's out of work and where the job is or _x000D_ who's broke and where the money is or _x000D_ who's carrying a gun and where the peace is.
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The world is filled with people who are no longer needed -- and who try to make slaves of all of us -- and they have their music and we have ours.
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Nobody living can ever stop me. As I go walking my freedom highway. Nobody living can make me turn back. This land was made for you and me.
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It's round the world I've traveled; it's round the world I've roamed; but I've yet to see an outlaw drive a family from its home
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I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that.
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