I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

I ain't a communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

One day we'll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song!

If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.

There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.

If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.