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. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes guthrie hero musical
Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated. Tom Chapin alleyamericanappreciate Change image and share on social
It was 1988, I believe, that I met Grit. We were both appearing in a Canadian Folk Festival and as we sat backstage he handed me his guitar. I played it, loved it, and then found out that he'd made it himself. Tom Chapin appearbackstagecanadian share on social
I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers. Tom Chapin brotherguitarplay Change image and share on social
I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical. Tori Amos charactercycledrive Change image and share on social
We don't need another Woody. Even Bob Dylan knew he couldn't be Woody Guthrie... I like Woody Guthrie fine, but I don't need the 50th generation version of it. Buzz Osborne 50thbobdylan Change image and share on social
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting. Barbara Mertz appearancebeautifulbig share on social