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“I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.”
Bob Dylan
“The woods were made for the hunter of dreams, the brooks for the fishes of song.”
Sam Walter Foss
“Songs won’t save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things; they can slip across borders.”
Pete Seeger
“A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.”
George Bush
“I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you.”
Woody Guthrie
“I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.”
Johnny Cash
“I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.”
Pope John Paul II
“My songs are just little letters to me.”
Ani Difranco
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”
