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Pete Seeger Quotes

Some folklorists just collected dead bones from one graveyard, only to bury them in another, their library Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be Picture Quote #1

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t Picture Quote #1

Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business Picture Quote #1

Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent Picture Quote #1

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I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs Picture Quote #1

I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me Picture Quote #1

I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known Picture Quote #1

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with Picture Quote #1

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If there is a world here in a hundred years, it’s going to be saved by tens of millions of little things Picture Quote #1

I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing good that doesn’t have bad consequences and nothing bad that doesn’t have good consequences Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known Picture Quote #1

We all go to different churches or no churches, we have different favorite foods, different ways of making love, different ways of doing all sorts of things, but there we’re all singing together. Gives you hope Picture Quote #1

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or pen and can write it down Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as a wrong note... just as long as you’re singing along Picture Quote #1

My job, is to show folks there’s a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

How can you save the world you have not seen if you can’t save the community you have seen? Picture Quote #1

There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to help save it. In a small way, every single one of us counts Picture Quote #1

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You have a right to your opinion and I’ve got a right to mine. Period Picture Quote #1

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world Picture Quote #1

Just as with other great words, the word environment means different things. You might say that a cave woman twenty thousand years ago sweeping out the cave was improving the environment. Many people improving the environment think only in terms of the air they breathe in their hometown and the water in the aquifer under their hometown. My guess is very few are thinking centuries ahead or thousand of years ahead, but that’s what we have to do Picture Quote #1

And when one person taps out a beat, while another leads into the melody, or when three people discover a harmony they never knew existed, or a crowd joins in on a chorus as though to raise the ceiling a few feet higher, then they also know there is hope for the world Picture Quote #1

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t Picture Quote #1

Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, everyone. Oh, when will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn? Picture Quote #1

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Some folklorists just collected dead bones from one graveyard, only to bury them in another, their library (Pete Seeger Quotes) 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 (Pete Seeger Quotes) The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be (Pete Seeger Quotes) Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t (Pete Seeger Quotes) Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business (Pete Seeger Quotes) Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent (Pete Seeger Quotes) I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs (Pete Seeger Quotes) I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me (Pete Seeger Quotes) I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known (Pete Seeger Quotes) I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other (Pete Seeger Quotes) 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 (Pete Seeger Quotes) It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with (Pete Seeger Quotes) If there is a world here in a hundred years, it’s going to be saved by tens of millions of little things (Pete Seeger Quotes) I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing good that doesn’t have bad consequences and nothing bad that doesn’t have good consequences (Pete Seeger Quotes) 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 (Pete Seeger Quotes) The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known (Pete Seeger Quotes) We all go to different churches or no churches, we have different favorite foods, different ways of making love, different ways of doing all sorts of things, but there we’re all singing together. Gives you hope (Pete Seeger Quotes) Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or pen and can write it down (Pete Seeger Quotes) 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 (Pete Seeger Quotes) There is no such thing as a wrong note... just as long as you’re singing along (Pete Seeger Quotes) My job, is to show folks there’s a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet (Pete Seeger Quotes) 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 (Pete Seeger Quotes) How can you save the world you have not seen if you can’t save the community you have seen? (Pete Seeger Quotes) There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to help save it. In a small way, every single one of us counts (Pete Seeger Quotes) You have a right to your opinion and I’ve got a right to mine. Period (Pete Seeger Quotes) Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world (Pete Seeger Quotes) Just as with other great words, the word environment means different things. You might say that a cave woman twenty thousand years ago sweeping out the cave was improving the environment. Many people improving the environment think only in terms of the air they breathe in their hometown and the water in the aquifer under their hometown. My guess is very few are thinking centuries ahead or thousand of years ahead, but that’s what we have to do (Pete Seeger Quotes) And when one person taps out a beat, while another leads into the melody, or when three people discover a harmony they never knew existed, or a crowd joins in on a chorus as though to raise the ceiling a few feet higher, then they also know there is hope for the world (Pete Seeger Quotes) Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t (Pete Seeger Quotes) Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, everyone. Oh, when will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn? (Pete Seeger Quotes)

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