Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

I'm still a communist in the sense that I don't believe the world will survive with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer - I think that the pressures will get so tremendous that the social contract will just come apart.

I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.

John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction.

A good song reminds us what we're fighting for.

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

It's a terrible thing being a patriarch. I don't even have a gray beard. But people keep calling me up for advice.