Many Americans Knew Their Lives And Their

Well, Normally I’m Against Big Things. I Think The World Is Going To Be Saved By Millions Of Small Things. Too Many Things Can Go Wrong When They Get Big.” — Pete Seeger (on How He Felt About Attending His Big 90th Birthday Bash Last Year)

My Mother Playing The Violin And My Father And Grandfather Playing The Piano, Classical Stuff.

If There Is A World Here In A Hundred Years, It's Going To Be Saved By Tens Of Millions Of Little Things.

I Learned By Transcribing Songs Out Of The Library Of Congress Collection In Washington Where I Was Working. I Got A Job When I Just Turned Twenty In 1939 And Alan [lomax] Needed Some Help. I Listened To Hundreds Of Records Every Week.

In The United States, Many People Said You Can't Have Folk Music In The United States Because You Don't Have Any Peasant Class. But The Funny Thing Was, There Were Literally Thousands, Tens Of Thousands, Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Who Loved Old Time Fiddling, Ballads, Banjo Tunes, Blues Played On The Guitar, Spirituals And Gospel Hymns. These Songs And Music Didn't Fit Into Any Neat Category Of Art Music Nor Popular Music Nor Jazz. So Gradually They Said Well Let's Call It Folk Music.