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Songs Are Funny Things. They Can Slip Across Borders. Proliferate In Prisons. Penetrate Hard Shells. I Always Believed That The Right Song At The Right Moment Could Change History.

I Believe That All Technological Societies Tend To Self-destruct. The Reason Is That The Very Things That Make Us A Successful Technological Society, Such As Our Curiosity, Our Ambition And Determination, Will Also Cause Us To Fall.

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.

My Mother Wanted Me To Learn How To Read Music. She'd Given Fiddles To My Two Older Brothers, But They'd Rebelled. I Came Along And My Father Said, "oh, Let Peter Enjoy Himself." What She Did Was Leave Musical Instruments All Around The House. Whistles, Marimbas, Squeeze Boxes, A Piano And Organ. By Age Six Or Seven, I Could Bang Out A Simple Tune On Almost Anything. I Developed A Good Ear, So I Didn't Learn To Read Music Until I Taught Myself At Age Eighteen, 'cause I Was Hearing So Many Good Songs I Couldn't Possibly Remember Them All.

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