I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.
Realize that little things lead to bigger things.
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.
Not everybody has to sing the melody.
Be wary of great leaders.
Alan Lomax is the person who I think should be given major credit for what has been called the "Folk Song Revival." My father participated with him because my father was a musicologist and urged trained musicians to learn about "the vernacular."