Quotes from Woody Guthrie

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.

I know the police cause you troubleThey cause trouble everywhereBut when you die and go to heavenYou find no policeman there

This machine kills fascists.

As through this world I rambled I've seen lots of funny men. Some will rob you with a six-gun And some with a fountain pen.

Some will rob you with a six-gunAnd some with a fountain pen.

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.

Well, it's always we ramble, that river and I,All along your green valley I'll work till I die,My land I'll defend with my life, if it be,'Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free.

California is a garden of EdenA paradise to live in or seeBut believe it or notYou won't find it so hotIf you ain't got the do-re-mi

This land is your land, this land is my land,From California to the New York island,From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters,This land was made for you and me.

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.

Left wing, chicken wing, it don't make no difference to me.

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

This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me.

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.

Now as through this world I ramble, I see lots of funny men, Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.

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

Take it easy, but take it.

Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.

This machine kills fascists.

Anyone who uses more than two chords is just showing off.

As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said No Trespassing. But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me.

If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story.

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.

The world is filled with people who are no longer needed -- and who try to make slaves of all of us -- and they have their music and we have ours.