Quotes from Pete Seeger

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it without power to save it. In a small way, every single one of us counts.

If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always get people to sing with me.

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.

When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.

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

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.

I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany.

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

I feel that my whole life is a contribution.

I fought for peace in the fifties.

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

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

Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.

Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on.We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on.

Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church.

When you play the 12-string guitar,you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.

I live in the country, so I get a fair amount of exercise. We heat our house with wood, so I split wood. We also live on a steep hill, and I have to rake and put in cross-stitches to keep the road from washing out when there's a big rain.

If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always seem to get people to sing with me.

When I got out of school, I spent two years just hitchhiking around. Every time I met some old farmer who could play banjo, I got him to teach me a lick or two. Little by little, I put it together.

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

You'd be surprised how many stupid mistakes I've made. I make stupid mistakes all the time, and some of them have been very big stupid mistakes.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.