1.
Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?
Arlo Guthrie
2.
We live in an increasingly sophisticated world that makes it difficult to make simple comments on stuff. There are too many people on both sides of the border who are taking advantage of circumstances and the situation.
Arlo Guthrie
3.
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.
Arlo Guthrie
4.
Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it's a bad idea to fish downstream from Bob Dylan.
Arlo Guthrie
5.
Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.
Arlo Guthrie
6.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
Arlo Guthrie
7.
If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.
Arlo Guthrie
8.
Building walls isn't going to work in the long run. Some people are happy with the wall in Israel, but somebody will get a weapon someday and knock it over or something. Walls aren't the answer between countries, though
Arlo Guthrie
9.
I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle
Arlo Guthrie
10.
We would turn everything into songs in those days...A lot of people think "Alice's Restaurant" was an anti-war song. It's not.
Arlo Guthrie
11.
You get people talking about being worried about their art, and dances... their culture being wiped out or taken over, and yet these same people are taking advantage of their people to use them as cheap labour.
Arlo Guthrie
12.
I don't want a pickle, I just want ride on my motorcikle. I don't want to die, I just want a ride on my motorcy........cle.
Arlo Guthrie
13.
Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted.
Arlo Guthrie
14.
I'd rather have friends who care than friends who agree with me.
Arlo Guthrie
15.
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
16.
Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren't famous, and a lot of famous people aren't important.
Arlo Guthrie
17.
Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said, 'Right.'
Arlo Guthrie
18.
I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud... or tired.
Arlo Guthrie
19.
Coming into Los Angeles, bringing in a couple of keys. Don't touch my bags, if you please Mr. Customs man.
Arlo Guthrie
20.
The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living.
Arlo Guthrie
21.
If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning which caused that misunderstanding.
Arlo Guthrie
22.
Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.
Arlo Guthrie
23.
There's only one God. Call him whatever you want
Arlo Guthrie
24.
Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.
Arlo Guthrie
25.
You teach kids how to succeed when they successfully foil the educational system.
Arlo Guthrie
26.
The New York State Freeway's closed, man. Far out!
Arlo Guthrie
27.
Ostrich is a very lean meat. Bison is a very lean meat. Chicken is a very lean meat. Notice something about my favorite meats?
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28.
What's in that pipe that he's smoking?
Arlo Guthrie
29.
Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. They have the resources to cast doubt and fear over any group they feel threatened by.
Arlo Guthrie
30.
We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin', father raping, all kinds of groovy things.
Arlo Guthrie
31.
There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America
Arlo Guthrie
32.
No Judgment = No Expectations: That's my motto.
Arlo Guthrie
33.
You don't need spirituality to discover the troubles that come your way. But, it's good to know that troubles are not unique to you alone.
Arlo Guthrie
34.
It's about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar.
Arlo Guthrie
35.
I don't write as many songs as I used to. But, I find myself writing for social media more - times have changed. And I love photography, so a lot of my creative energy gets caught up that way.
Arlo Guthrie
36.
I froze in time! And I thought, "My God... I'm free!"
Arlo Guthrie
37.
But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobodys got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.
Arlo Guthrie
