It's Been My Belief That Learning How

Make The Kind Of Music You Love Even If You Never Hear It On The Air. This Was The Basic Lesson I'd Gotten From Alan [lomax]. Alan Said, Pete, Look At All This Great Music Around. You Never Hear It On The Radio, But It's Right There, Great Music.

I Always Knew That Sooner Or Later There Would Come Somebody Like Woody Guthrie Who Could Make A Great Song Every Week. Dylan Certainly Had A Social Agenda, But He Was Such A Good Poet That Most Of His Attempts Were Head And Shoulders Above Things That I And Others Were Trying To Do. ... If I Had An Address, I'd Send Him A Birthday Card Saying, 'keep On Going.'

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.

Well, It's One Of The Things That Will. Words Are Good, And Words Help Us Become The Leading Species On Earth To The Point Where We Are Now Ready To Wipe Ourselves Off The Earth. But I Think That All The Arts Are Needed, And Sports Too, And Cooking, Food, And All These Different Ways Of Communication. Smiles, Looking Into Eyes Directly, All These Different Means Of Communication Are Needed To Save This World. But Certainly A Great Melody

Some May Find Them Merely Diverting Melodies. Others May Find Them Incitements To Red Revolution. And Who Will Say If Either Or Both Is Wrong? Not I.