Woody Guthrie Quotes

American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (14 July 1912 – 3 October 1967) was a prolific American folk musician, most famous for his song "This Land Is Your Land" (1940).

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Birth Name: Woodrow Wilson Guthrie

Alternative Names: Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie • Woodrow W. (Woody) Guthrie • Dust Bowl Troubadour

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I'm just a lonesome traveler, The Great Historical Bum. Highly educated from history I have come. I built the Rock of Ages, 'twas in the Year of One And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done. I worked in the Garden of Eden, that was the year of two, Joined the apple pickers union, I always paid my due; I'm the man that signed the contract to raise the rising sun, And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

I’d give my life just to lay my head tonight on a bed of California stars

Jesus don't care if you call it socialism or communism, or just me and you.

I ain't a Communist necessarily, but I have been in the red all my life.

Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew.