Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.

In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else.

My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's.

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

The danger with the internet is that you don't need to think about music, you just search for it and you find the answer. Singing used to be part of everyday life. Women sang while pounding corn. Men sang while paddling canoes.

It's been my belief that learning how to do something in your hometown is the most important thing.

I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.