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.
Woody GuthrieAbout author
- Author's profession: Musician
- Nationality: american
- Born: July 14, 1912
- Died: October 3, 1967
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