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

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it.

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

At the audition, your assignment is to find something new in the song. Something you've never noticed before. A breath carried over, a thought that ties the whole thing together. Then take the risk and do it.

I feel that my whole life is a contribution.

But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail.

Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.