Quotes by Pete Seeger
A good song reminds us what we're fighting for.
Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.
How can you save the world you have not seen if you can't save the community you have seen?
Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.
Shh. Listen to the sounds that surround you. Notice the pitches, the volume, the timbre, the many lines of counterpoint. As light taught Monet to paint, the earth may be teaching you music.
Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.
The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.
If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.
Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.
And when one person taps out a beat, while another leads into the melody, or when three people discover a harmony they never knew existed, or a crowd joins in on a chorus as though to raise the ceiling a few feet higher, then they also know there is hope for the world.
Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church.
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.
Any idiot can be complicated. It takes a genius to be simple.
I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's the plug-in drug.
I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.
You can't work on everything all the time, so start where you are.
The first country conquered by any dictator is his own country.