I Feel That My Whole Life Is

Down Through The Centuries, This Trick Has Been Tried By Various Establishments Throughout The World. They Force People To Get Involved In The Kind Of Examination That Has Only One Aim And That Is To Stamp Out Dissent.

I Love My Country Very Dearly, And I Greatly Resent The Implication That Some Of The Places I Have Sung And Some Of The People That I Have Known, And Some Of My Opinions, Whether They Are Religious Or Philosophical, Or I Might Be A Vegetarian, Make Me Any Less Of An American.

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.

Now Any Person Who Plays An Acoustic Guitar Standing Up On Stage With A Microphone Is A Folk Singer. Some Grandmother With A Baby In Her Arms Singing A 500-year-old Song, Well, She's Not A Folk Singer, She's Not On Stage With A Guitar And A Microphone. No, She's Just An Old Grandmother Singing An Old Song. The Term "folk Singer" Has Gotten Warped.

To Everything There Is A Season.