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01Undated

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

Arlo Guthrie / quote

02Undated

Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.

Arlo Guthrie / quote

03Undated

The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living.

Arlo Guthrie / quote

04Undated

At the same time the folk boom was happening, the civil rights movement was happening, the anti-war movement was happening, the ban the bomb movement was happening, the environmental movement was happening. There was suddenly a generation ready to change the course of history.

Arlo Guthrie / quote