“Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.”

“I’ve never sung anywhere without giving the people listening to me a chance to join in - as a kid, as a lefty, as a man touring the U.S.A. and the world, as an oldster. I guess it’s kind of a religion with me. Participation. That’s what’s going to save the human race.”

“Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big.” — Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attending his big 90th birthday bash last year)”

“Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.”

“Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. ”

“The American Indians were Communists. They were. Every anthropologist will tell you they were Communists. No rich, no poor. If somebody needed something the community chipped in.”

“Come back to town. Bring your darn ukelele! We don't care anymore!”