The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible.

I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up.

Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.

There is no such thing as a wrong note ... just as long as you're singing along.

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

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

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.