Work in nightclubs was interesting. There were interesting people and places, but by and large, the commercial music experience.

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

If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.

I still prefer to hear [Bob] Dylan acoustic, some of his electric songs are absolutely great. Electric music is the vernacular of the second half of the twentieth century, to use my father's old term.

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.

My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along and my father said, "Oh, let Peter enjoy himself." What she did was leave musical instruments all around the house. Whistles, marimbas, squeeze boxes, a piano and organ. By age six or seven, I could bang out a simple tune on almost anything. I developed a good ear, so I didn't learn to read music until I taught myself at age eighteen, 'cause I was hearing so many good songs I couldn't possibly remember them all.