My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'
Pete SeegerThe truth is a rabbit in a bramble patch. All you can do is circle around and say it's somewhere in there.
Pete SeegerMost conservatives just want to turn back the clock to a time before the income tax - 100 years or so. I would like to turn the clock back thousands of years to a time when people lived in small communities and took care of each other.
Pete SeegerI feel most spiritual when I'm out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. [I used to say] I was an atheist. Now I say, it's all according to your definition of God. 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.
Pete Seeger