It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people
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A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A song is like a structured conversation that can be revisited repeatedly.
Woody Guthrie captures the essence of songwriting by likening it to a conversation that is crafted in such a way that it remains engaging and allows for multiple interpretations. This perspective emphasizes the artistic nature of songs as forms of expression that can convey emotions and stories that resonate on a deeper level over time.
Themes
SongConversationMusicExpressionArtistry
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the power of music at a local event.
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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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