The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

I never pretended to be rock star. I would make a lousy rock star. I don't have the right voice for it. I don't have the "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" spirit. But the greatest flattery in the last couple of years is being called a "badass" by young singers.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

That was sheer luck that it [being immersed into folk scene] happened when my voice began to develop. I don't know exactly what would have happened if I hadn't been alive and well and really lively in the Cambridge scene. But (the folk scene) was, and I fell into it absolutely naturally in the little coffee shops, and pretty soon it was Newport and then it was an overwhelming response internationally, actually.