Plagiarism Is Basic To All Culture

Songs Are Funny Things. They Can Slip Across Borders. Proliferate In Prisons. Penetrate Hard Shells. I Always Believed That The Right Song At The Right Moment Could Change History.

My Father, Charles Seeger, Got Me Into The Communist Movement. He Backed Out Around '38. I Drifted Out In The 50's.

There Is Something About Participating; It Is Almost My Religion. If The World Is Still Here In 100 Years, People Will Know The Importance Of Participating, Not Just Being Spectators. Millions Of Small Groups Around The World, That Don't Necessarily All Agree With One Another, Are Made Up Of People Who Are Not Just Sitting Back Waiting For Someone To Do Things For Them. No One Can Prove Anything, But Of Course If I Didn't Believe It Had Some Kind Of Power, I Wouldn't Be Trying To Do It.

You Can't Work On Everything All The Time, So Start Where You Are.

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.