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Pete Seeger

"But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them."

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"I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American."
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"I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me."
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"I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it."
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"I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches."
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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."
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