Like most teachers, I'm just another sower of seeds.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson corresponded for 13 years before they died on the same day. They asked, "How can one have prosperity without commerce? How can one have commerce without luxury? How can one have luxury without corruption? How can you have corruption without the end of the Republic?" And they really didn't know the answer.

Be wary of great leaders.

Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.

According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm listening to something I'm listening to God.

I feel that my whole life is a contribution.

My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's.