If I had an axe on the evening at Newport when [Dylan] broke out the electric guitar, I'd have cut his cable.

Parents are the hardest-working members of the population. But they do it for the highest wages. Kisses.

Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big.” — Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attending his big 90th birthday bash last year)

Edison failed ten thousand times before he perfected the modern electric lamp. The average man would have quit at the first failure. That's why there are so many average men and only one Edison.

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.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me.