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Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

- Ernie Pyle

(about Woody Guthrie) His influence on me was never in inflection or in voice. What drew me to was that hearing his voice, I could tell he was very lonesome, very alone and very lost in his time. That`s why I dug him.

- Bob Dylan

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it`s true; I was raised in a freight car.

- Merle Haggard

I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue.

- Jeffrey Jones

Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

- Billy Bragg

My musical heroes are people like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie who wrote and sang real songs for real people; for everyone, old, young, and in between.

- Tom Chapin