Quotessence
Home / Authors / Mary Travers
Mary Travers

Mary Travers Quotes

Singer-songwriter

Filter quotes by topic

AllPeopleHumansIfsFolksIssuesConcernDifferentFolk MusicRaisedResponsibility

Famous Mary Travers Quotes

“If you're serious about singing or acting, which are two art forms that get repetitive, the way to keep the music fresh is to recognize that it is totally impossible for it to ever be the same, night after night. You open your mouth and you'd like a certain sound to come out of it, but it doesn't always come out exactly like you thought it was going to come out!”

IfsWayArtTwoFormNightCertainSoundActingImpossibleSeriousLike YouSingingMouthsRepetitive
Author:Mary Travers
Create image

“Singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' all the places we've been, it takes on a different meaning everywhere. When you sing the line, 'How many years can a people exist, before they're allowed to be free?' in a prison yard for political prisoners in El Salvador; if you have sung it to a group of union organizers, who have all been in jail, in South Korea; if you've sung to Jews in the Soviet Union who have been refused exit visas; if you've sung it with Bishop Tutu protesting apartheid, the song breathes, it lives, it has a contemporary currency.”

PeopleIfsYearsHas BeensDifferentPoliticalSongLinesGroupsWindSingingPrisonUnionsSouthJewBreatheContemporaryJailPrisonerSovietCurrencyYardsSoviet UnionKoreaExitBishopsApartheidVisaOrganizerSouth KoreaPolitical PrisonersEl SalvadorDifferent Meanings
Author:Mary Travers
Create image

“The fact that there are singer-songwriters dealing with substantive issues is encouraging. It's important for young people to perceive that there are acceptable avenues of dissent, because we live in a world where dissent is hard-pressed; treated as if it were unpatriotic. I've always liked the concept of the loyal opposition. It allows for dissent to be a respectable part of the whole.”

PeopleIfsWorldImportantHardWholeFactsYoungIssuesConceptsSingersTreatedPerceiveOppositionAcceptableLoyalSongwritersAvenuesDissentRespectableSinger SongwritersUnpatriotic
Author:Mary Travers
Create image

“We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern for human rights, and that encompasses a great many people and countries. Those of us who live in a democracy have a responsibility to be the voice for those whose voices are stilled.”

PeopleHumansCountryFightingVoiceResponsibilityDemocracyRightsGenerationsConcernHuman RightsCivil RightsGreat MenDemocracies Have
Author:Mary Travers
Create image