I really work hard to shape the song so that it's attractive... You don't want to give people the information in an enema.
Buffy Sainte-MarieI had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.
Buffy Sainte-MarieInstead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture.
Buffy Sainte-MarieThere is so much joy in native culture but so much poverty. It's very disturbing.
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