"I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears."

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Source : "Pure Pete Seeger". Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. May 20, 1994.

Pete Seeger

#Song Quotes #People Quotes #Ears Quotes

“All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children.”
“I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.”
“Obviously you have a responsibility - one would like to think there is such a thing as ethics in filmmaking.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.”
“The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.”
“When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh, something else! You think of one of the great American ball players, or one of the great fighters of the world, you know, that's the way he would attack any note on his guitar.”
“There are two kinds of hope: the kind you couldn't do anything about and the kind you could. And even if the kind you could do something about wasn't what you'd originally wanted, it was still worth doing. A rainy day is better than no day. A small happiness can make a big sadness less sad.”

Source : Rachel Simon (2011). “The Story of Beautiful Girl”, p.189, Hachette UK
“I love kids. It's amazing that I have the opportunity to hang out with my stepson all the time.”

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