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

In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else.

I'm not sure if my involvement in causes, benefits, marches, and demonstrations has made a huge difference, but I know one thing: that involvement has connected me with the good people: people with the live hearts, the live eyes, the live heads.

Parents are the hardest-working members of the population. But they do it for the highest wages. Kisses.

A good song reminds us what we're fighting for.

I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me.

The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm. But that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for slavery.