The World Will Be Solved

I Learned By Transcribing Songs Out Of The Library Of Congress Collection In Washington Where I Was Working. I Got A Job When I Just Turned Twenty In 1939 And Alan [lomax] Needed Some Help. I Listened To Hundreds Of Records Every Week.

It's A Terrible Thing Being A Patriarch. I Don't Even Have A Gray Beard. But People Keep Calling Me Up For Advice.

The World Will Be Solved By Millions Of Small Things.

I Was Working For Alan Lomax In The Library Of Congress Folk Song Archive, And Starting To Realize What A Wealth Of Different Kinds Of Music There Was In This Country That You Never Heard On The Radio.

Most Scientists Know What Needs To Be Done To Save Our Earth. But The Politicians Don't Listen To Them. They Will Listen To Popular Pressure; The People Got To Supply That.