91 Quotes by Woody Guthrie

Some men rob you with a six-gun – others rob you with a fountain pen.

I know the police cause you trouble They cause trouble everywhere But when you die and go to heaven You find no policeman there.

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.

There’s several ways of saying what’s on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain’t too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.

The words are the important thing. Don’t worry about tunes. Take a tune, sing high when they sing low, sing fast when they sing slow, and you’ve got a new tune.

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don’t change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.

I better quit my talking ’cause I told you all I know But please remember, pardner, wherever you may go The people are building a peaceful world, and when the job is done, That’ll be the biggest thing that man has ever done.

One day we’ll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song!

It’s round the world I’ve traveled; it’s round the world I’ve roamed; but I’ve yet to see an outlaw drive a family from its home.