Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary.
It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'
Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.
The world will be solved by millions of small things.
I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.