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Pete Seeger Quotes

Pete Seeger quotes about people

American Musician May 3, 1919

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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. Pete Seeger
Once upon a time, wasn’t singing a part of everyday life as much as talking, physical exercise, and religion? Our distant ancestors, wherever they were in this world, sang while pounding grain, paddling canoes, or walking long journeys. Can we begin to make our lives once more all of a piece? Finding the right songs and singing them over and over is a way to start. And when one person taps out a beat, while another leads into the melody, or when three people discover a harmony they never knew... Pete Seeger
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
Pete Seeger quote: "I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small..."
I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other. Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger quote: "It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you..."
It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with. Pete Seeger
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
Pete Seeger quote: "But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has..."
But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them. Pete Seeger

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