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I Think These Are Very Improper Questions For Any American To Be Asked, Especially Under Such Compulsion As This. I Would Be Very Glad To Tell You My Life If You Want To Hear Of It.

You Have A Right To Your Opinion And I've Got A Right To Mine. Period.

My Job, Is To Show Folks There's A Lot Of Good Music In This World, And If Used Right It May Help To Save The Planet.

I Tell Kids, Don't Trust The Media. The Media With Their Emphasis On Fame Is Helping To Destroy This Country, Helping Destroy The Human Race. It's The Plug-in Drug.

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.