261 Quotes by Pete Seeger

Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.

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.

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.

I guess I've learned more from the Clearwater than anything else. All I did was help to plant a seed, and I didn't know what the hell I was doing.

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.

The real meaning of courage was the personal sacrifice of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.

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.

Some folklorists just collected dead bones from one graveyard, only to bury them in another, their library.

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.