But If By Some Freak Of History

I Have Sung For Americans Of Every Political Persuasion, And I Am Proud That I Never Refuse To Sing To An Audience, No Matter What Religion Or Color Of Their Skin, Or Situation In Life.

I Still Call Myself A Communist, Because Communism Is No More What Russia Made Of It Than Christianity Is What The Churches Make Of It.

He [alan Lomax] Started Right Off Trying To Find People Who Could Introduce Folk Songs To City People. He Found A Young Actor Named Burl Ives And Said, "burl, You Know A Lot Of Great Country Songs Learned From Your Grandmother, Don't You Know People Would Love To Hear Them?" He Put On Radio Programs. He Persuaded Cbs To Dedicate "the School Of The Air" For One Year To American Folk Music. He'd Get Some Old Sailor To Sing An Old Sea Shanty With A Cracked Voice. Then He'd Get Me To Sing It With My Banjo.

When I Am Chopping Trees Out In The Woods Because I Heat My House With Wood, I Feel Myself Right In The Middle Of God. Mahalia Jackson Said "i Have Seen God. I Have Seen The Sun Rise." So, In A Sense, When Anyone Looks In The Mirror, They Look At An Infinitesimally Small Part Of God.

I Have Sung In Hobo Jungles, And I Have Sung For The Rockefellers, And I Am Proud That I Have Never Refused To Sing For Anybody.