Woody GuthrieThinkers

A Folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people

A Folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it, who's hungry and where their mouth is, who's out of work and where the job is, who's broke and where the money is, or who's carrying a gun and where the peace is.

The Guitar is an instrument where anyone using more than three chords is just showing off.

The Guitar is a machine that kills fascists.

Life is pretty tough, and you're lucky if you live through it.

Music is all about simplicity. Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off.

Simplicity is difficult. Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.

A Song is not nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of it.