Honest Songs Aren`t Written For Money.

I Came From An Intellectual Family. Most Were Doctors, Preachers, Teachers, Businessmen. My Grandfather Was A Small Businessman. His Father Was An Abolitionist Doctor, And His Father Was An Immigrant From Germany.

When Will We Ever Learn? When Will We Ever Learn?

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.

I'd Like To Be Remembered As The Sower Of Seeds. That's The Greatest Parable In The Bible As Far As I'm Concerned. Some Seeds Fall In The Pathway, Get Stomped On And Don't Grow. Some Fall On The Stones And Don't Even Sprout, But Others Fall On The Ground And Multiply A Thousand Fold.

But If Two And Two And Fifty Make A Million...