Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.
The real meaning of courage was the personal sacrifice of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail.
Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church.
This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.
Make the kind of music you love even if you never hear it on the air. This was the basic lesson I'd gotten from Alan [Lomax]. Alan said, Pete, look at all this great music around. You never hear it on the radio, but it's right there, great music.