261 Quotes by Pete Seeger

John Hammond persuaded Columbia to put it out as a single, and it was the only one I ever had that sold more than 20,000.

All the arts, music, the visual arts, acting and dancing arts, cooking arts, and I believe sports, will save the human race because they can leap over barriers, religions, leap over barriers of race, politics.

Malvina was one of the great people of the 20th century,

The world will be solved by millions of small things.

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things; they can slip across borders.

There is something about participating; it is almost my religion. If the world is still here in 100 years, people will know the importance of participating, not just being spectators. Millions of small groups around the world, that don't necessarily all agree with one another, are made up of people who are not just sitting back waiting for someone to do things for them. No one can prove anything, but of course if I didn't believe it had some kind of power, I wouldn't be trying to do it.

Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't

Did you ever want something really bad and then when you finally got it all you could do was stand there and grin at it?

It was not going to be a graceful symbol of the past. It was going to try to restore the river.