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The best way to get to know any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music.

Woody Guthrie

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Woody Guthrie
Age: 55 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 14
Died: 1967
Died: October 3
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There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.
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If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.
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If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story.
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Was a great high wall there that tried to stop me. Was a great big sign there said private Property but on the back side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me.
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Left wing, chicken wing, it don't make no difference to me.
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Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew.
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Some men rob you with a six-gun -- others rob you with a fountain pen.
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As I went walking That ribbon of highway I saw above me The endless skyway I saw below me The lonesome valley This land was made for you and me.
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As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said No Trespassing. But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me.
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I better quit my talking 'cause I told you all I know But please remember, pardner, wherever you may go The people are building a peaceful world, and when the job is done, That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done.
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A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of it.
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This land is your land, this land is my land
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One day we'll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song!
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Nobody living can ever stop me. As I go walking my freedom highway. Nobody living can make me turn back. This land was made for you and me.
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Love is the only medicine I believe in.
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It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people
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