Peace Might Sell, But Who's Buying?

Now I Know I Understand That It Was Sgt. Pepper's Band, That Put The Sixties Into Song, Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

When I Was 16, The Guest Speaker Was King. And I Was Completely Overwhelmed Because I Had Been Studying Nonviolence, Talking About It, Reading About It, But Here It Was Happening, Here It Was People Boycotting The Buses And People On The Streets And Taking Risks, Which I Think Was The Key.

I Wasn't Popular In School, I Was Mexican, I Was All These Inappropriate Things. I Started Playing The Ukulele And Taking It To School, And I Realized People Liked Listening To It. I Would Play It To Comfort Myself At Home, And I'd Play Rhythm And Blues Songs That Had Four Chords. That's How It Started.

I Was Addicted To Rhythm 'n' Blues Pretty Much Directly Into Folk Music. I Had My Little 45s Of Mostly Black Artists. That Was As Close As I Got. I've Never Listened To Heavy Rock Or Stuff That Jangles My Nerves, Because I'm Already Jangled.

Back Then I Was Still Listening To Rhythm And Blues, And My Aunt Took Me To See A Pete Seeger Concert. And It Gelled. He Made All The Sense In The World To Me. I Got Addicted To His Albums, And Then Belafonte And Odetta - They Were The People Who Seemed To Fuse Things That Were Important To Me Into Music. I Think Pete The Most Because He Did What He Did To The Point Where He Took Those Enormous Risks And Then Paid For Them.