Woody Guthrie

Singer-Songwriter

Woody Guthrie was a pivotal American folk musician known for his songs advocating for social justice, particularly during the Great Depression.

Born
July 14, 1912
Died
October 3, 1967
Quotes
55
Rank
#576

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"This land is made for you and me."

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"If you want to learn something, just steal it."

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"It's round the world I've traveled; it's round the world I've roamed; but I've yet to see an outlaw drive a family from its home"

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"If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story."

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"All you can write is what you see."

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"All about a human being is, it's a great big hoping machine."

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"I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people."

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"Nobody living can ever stop me. As I go walking my freedom highway. Nobody living can make me turn back. This land was made for you and me."

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"Okemah was one of the singingest, square dancingest, drinkingest, yellingest, preachingest, walkingest, talkingest, laughingest, cryingest, shootingest, fist fightingest, bleedingest, gamblingest, gun, club and razor carryingest of our ranch towns and farm towns, because it blossomed out into one of our first Oil Boom Towns."

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"I have decided long ago that my songs and ballads would not get the hugs and kisses of the capitalistic experts."

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"As I went walking That ribbon of highway I saw above me The endless skyway I saw below me The lonesome valley This land was made for you and me."

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"I like to write about wherever I happen to be."

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"Do Re Mi California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see, But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the do re mi"

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