“Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.”

“The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.”
― Pete Seeger

“The American Indians were Communists. They were. Every anthropologist will tell you they were Communists. No rich, no poor. If somebody needed something the community chipped in.”
― Pete Seeger

“I’ve never sung anywhere without giving the people listening to me a chance to join in - as a kid, as a lefty, as a man touring the U.S.A. and the world, as an oldster. I guess it’s kind of a religion with me. Participation. That’s what’s going to save the human race.”
― Pete Seeger

“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.”
― Pete Seeger

“This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.”
― Pete Seeger

“It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.”
― Pete Seeger

“The world will be solved by millions of small things.”
― Pete Seeger

“Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.”
― Pete Seeger