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

RULERS should be careful about what songs are allowed to be sung.

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

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

I learned by transcribing songs out of the Library of Congress collection in Washington where I was working. I got a job when I just turned twenty in 1939 and Alan [Lomax] needed some help. I listened to hundreds of records every week.

I was never enthusiastic about being somebody who was supposed to be silent about being a member of something.

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same.