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

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" I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches, and I do this voluntarily. "

" One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties. "

" When you're facing an opponent over a broad front, you don't aim for the opponent's strong points, important though they may be. Pick a little outpost that you can capture and win. And then you find another place that you can capture and win it, and then you move slowly toward the big places. "

" Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. "

" I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. "

" Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. "

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

" Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties. "

" I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think. "

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

" 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. "

" According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes, I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm listening to something, I'm listening to God. "

" I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up. "

" If there's something wrong, speak up! "

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

" My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia. "

" I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it. "

" I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known. "

" I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American. "

" I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it. "

" I feel that my whole life is a contribution. "

" 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. "

" Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. "

" But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them. "

" Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business. "

" I fought for peace in the fifties. "