Paul Stookey Quotes
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Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again, and there is love.
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What's to be the reason for becoming man and wife, is it love that brings you here, or love that gives you life?
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Ultimately we're all responsible for putting our belief into action.
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You have to put your body on the line from time to time in order to make a statement or change a law.
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We live in more pragmatic times than when we originally recorded those songs. But many of the dreamers of the '60s have been elected to governmental office or taken on a leadership role in their communities. They are now in the position to make a difference.
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In the early 60s, folk music seemed to be very popular. In the early 70s, people like James Taylor, John Denver, Jim Croce and Cat Stevens brought back the interest in acoustic music. Today, we don't hear anything.
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Folk music has pretty powerful medicine for changing your heart.
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Whether it's your own material or somebody else's material, it's essential that you identify with it thoroughly. It's like you want to archive it; you want to freeze it in time in terms of your perspective on it, then move on, because folk music is that volatile and comments not only on overall human concerns but also on the specifics.
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