Get People To Sing Together And They'll

Honest Songs Aren`t Written For Money.

Just As With Other Great Words, The Word Environment Means Different Things. You Might Say That A Cave Woman Twenty Thousand Years Ago Sweeping Out The Cave Was Improving The Environment. Many People Improving The Environment Think Only In Terms Of The Air They Breathe In Their Hometown And The Water In The Aquifer Under Their Hometown. My Guess Is Very Few Are Thinking Centuries Ahead Or Thousand Of Years Ahead, But That's What We Have To Do.

Alan Lomax Is The Person Who I Think Should Be Given Major Credit For What Has Been Called The "folk Song Revival." My Father Participated With Him Because My Father Was A Musicologist And Urged Trained Musicians To Learn About "the Vernacular."

It's Been My Belief That Learning How To Do Something In Your Hometown Is The Most Important Thing.

There's A Story Behind Every Old Ballad Or Work Song Or Nonsense Song That I Ever Knew. Sometimes It's A Fascinating Story. A Story Of People Struggling For Freedom, Struggling To Get Along In This Old World.