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

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

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

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

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

Folk Music Has Always Contained a Concern for the Human Condition.

- 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…

- Mary Travers

I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community.

- Mary Travers

It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself.

- Mary Travers