Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big.” — Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attending his big 90th birthday bash last year)

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

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

The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.

There's a story behind every old ballad or work song or nonsense song that I ever knew. Sometimes it's a fascinating story. A story of people struggling for freedom, struggling to get along in this old world.

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

I used to agree with Kurt Vonnegut, who said that the human race has a snowball's chance in hell of being around a hundred years from now.