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Life has a habit of not staying hitched. You got to ride it like you find it.
Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie
Age: 55 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 14
Died: 1967
Died: October 3
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I have decided long ago that my songs and ballads would not get the hugs and kisses of the capitalistic experts.
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My eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs has been my messages that I tried to scatter across the back sides and along the steps of the fire escapes and on the window sills and through the dark halls.
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