There Is A Big, Beautiful World That

This Banjo Surrounds Hate And Forces It To Surrender.

Now Somebody Will Ask Me, Pete, How Can You Prove These Songs Really Make A Difference? And I Have To Confess I Can't Prove A Darn Thing, Except That The People In Power Must Think They Do Something, Because They Keep The Songs Off The Air.

I Remember Someone Once Saying, "pete, You Know You Really Should Take Voice Lessons." And I Said, "well, If I Could Find Any Voice Teacher That Could Teach Me To Sing Like Lead Belly I'd Spend Every Cent To Study Under Him." But Every Time You'd Go To A Voice Teacher, He'd Teach You To Warble, As If You'd Want To Be An Opera Singer, And That's Not What I'm Interested In.

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.

Plagiarism Is Basic To All Culture