This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.

John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction.

Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary.

I think folk music helps reinforce your sense of history. An old song makes you think of times gone by.

Way back in the old days, say in Europe of the Middle Ages, you had an aristocracy, and they could afford to pay for musicians. The kings and queens had musicians in the castles, and that developed into symphony orchestras and what we call "Classical music" now.

Realize that little things lead to bigger things.

My job, is to show folks there's a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.