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I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.
Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger
Age: 94 †
Born: 1919
Born: May 3
Died: 2014
Died: January 27
Banjoist
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musicologist
Peace Activist
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Singer-Songwriter
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New York City
New York
Peter Seeger
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