One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.
Pete SeegerI’ve found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches.
Pete SeegerMy job, is to show folks there's a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.
Pete SeegerI was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and it was kind of boring - just chords, chords, chords. Then my father took me to a mountain music and dance festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and there I saw relatively uneducated people playing great music by ear.
Pete Seeger