Pete Seeger quotes - page 3

If it can't be ... reused, repaired ... then it should be ... redesigned or removed from production. (Pete Seeger)
I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax. View quote
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I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American. View quote
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Well I got a hammer, And I got a bell, And I got a song to sing, all over this land. It's the hammer of Justice, It's the bell of Freedom, It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters, All over this land. View quote
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And because I love you I'll give it one more try To show my rainbow race It's too soon to die. View quote
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If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening, All over this land. View quote
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I have been singing folksongs of America and other lands to people everywhere. I am proud that I never refused to sing to any group of people because I might disagree with some of the ideas of some of the people listening to me. View quote
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A good song can only do good, and I am proud of the songs I have sung. View quote
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Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? View quote
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Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple. View quote
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When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune. (Pete Seeger)
I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think. View quote
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I came along and was a teenager in the Depression, and nobody had jobs. So I went out hitchhiking, when I met a man named Woody Guthrie. He was the single biggest part of my education. View quote
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I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany. View quote
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I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up. View quote
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I'm still a communist in the sense that I don't believe the world will survive with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer - I think that the pressures will get so tremendous that the social contract will just come apart. View quote
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Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. View quote
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You'd be surprised how many stupid mistakes I've made. I make stupid mistakes all the time, and some of them have been very big stupid mistakes. View quote
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I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches. View quote
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A good song can only do good, and I am proud of the songs I have sung. I hope to be able to continue singing these songs for all who want to listen, Republicans, Democrats, and independents. View quote
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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. (Pete Seeger)
If there's something wrong, speak up! View quote
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The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm. But that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for slavery. View quote
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I live in the country, so I get a fair amount of exercise. We heat our house with wood, so I split wood. We also live on a steep hill, and I have to rake and put in cross-stitches to keep the road from washing out when there's a big rain. View quote
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But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail. View quote
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