TOP 20 Pete Seeger Quotes

TOP 20 Pete Seeger Quotes.

“The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.”
— Pete Seeger (00:00)

“To everything there is a season.”
— Pete Seeger (00:07)

“I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things.”
— Pete Seeger (00:14)

“It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.”
— Pete Seeger (00:21)

“If there’s something wrong, speak up!”
— Pete Seeger (00:28)

“Any idiot can be complicated. It takes a genius to be simple.”
— Pete Seeger (00:35)

“Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.”
— Pete Seeger (00:42)

“Participation – that’s what’s gonna save the human race.”
— Pete Seeger (00:49)

“Plagiarism is basic to all culture.”
— Pete Seeger (00:56)

“The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.”
— Pete Seeger (01:03)

“Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.”
— Pete Seeger (01:10)

“The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.”
— Pete Seeger (01:17)

“Many Americans knew their lives and their souls were being struggled for, and they fought for it. And I felt I should carry on.”
— Pete Seeger (01:24)

“Every time I’m in the woods, i feel like I’m in church.”
— Pete Seeger (01:31)

“In the sixties, during the Vietnam war, when anarchists and pacifists and socialists, Democrats and Republicans, decent-hearted Americans, all recoiled with horror at the bloodbath, we came together.”
— Pete Seeger (01:38)

“Get people to sing together and they’ll act together too.”
— Pete Seeger (01:45)

“Hope that there are many, many small leaders.”
— Pete Seeger (01:52)

“If I’ve got a talent, it’s for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always seem to get people to sing with me.”
— Pete Seeger (01:59)

“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.”
— Pete Seeger (02:06)

“Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same.”
— Pete Seeger (02:13)

Music credit: Easy Day - Kevin MacLeod