I Used To Agree With Kurt Vonnegut,

Alan [lomax] And His Father Started Off Changing The Definition Of Folk Music From Something Ancient And Anonymous To Something Very Contemporary.

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

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."

I Have Sung In Hobo Jungles, And I Have Sung For The Rockefellers, And I Am Proud That I Have Never Refused To Sing For Anybody.

This Banjo Surrounds Hate And Forces It To Surrender.