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“Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. ”
― Pete Seeger

“Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.”
― 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

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

“Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.”
― Pete Seeger

“Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?”
― Pete Seeger

“Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.”
― Pete Seeger

“Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don’t”
― Pete Seeger

“Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big.” — Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attending his big 90th birthday bash last year)”
― Pete Seeger

“education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get when you don't.”
― 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

“Come back to town. Bring your darn ukelele! We don't care anymore!”
― Pete Seeger, Abiyoyo

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

“Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don’t.�”
― Pete Seeger