One Of The Things I'm Most Proud

We All Go To Different Churches Or No Churches, We Have Different Favorite Foods, Different Ways Of Making Love, Different Ways Of Doing All Sorts Of Things, But There We're All Singing Together. Gives You Hope.

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.

This World Is So Full Of Hypocrisy, The Only Way You Can Be Honest Is To Be A Hermit.

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.

Every Time I Read The Paper Those Old Feelings Come On.we Are Waist Deep In The Big Muddy And The Big Fool Says To Push On.