Idag på förmiddagen fick jag ett samtal och en vän berättade att Pete Seeger hade lämnat oss... Ännu en av mina största förebilder...
Jag har tidigare hyllat Seeger här på bloggen:
11 oktober 2009: Pete Seeger - Värdig både freds- och miljö-priset - En stor man som alltid trott på människors kraft att förändra!
3 maj 2013: Pete Seeger - 94 år av klokhet - En hyllning på 94-års-dagen.
Det går inte att beskriva vad den här mannen har betytt för mig... Här kommer ytterligare några kloka ord han sagt, visdom som vi nu får ta till oss igen:
"If there's something wrong, speak up!"
"There is something about participating. It is almost my religion. If the world is still here in 100 years, people will know the importance of participating, not just being spectators".
"It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with".
"In the largest sense, every work of art is protest. ... A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it. ... A hymn is a controversial song — sing one in the wrong church: you'll find out…".
"Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history".
"I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it".
“I feel most spiritual when I’m out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. [I used to say] I was an atheist. Now I say, it’s all according to your definition of God. According to my definition of God, I’m not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes.”
"We all go to different churches or no churches, we have different favorite foods, different ways of making love, different ways of doing all sorts of things, but there we’re all singing together. Gives you hope.”
"The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be!"
"Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live".
- Pete Seeger
Arlo Guthrie skrev idag på Facebook: "Very early this morning, about 3 AM, the texts and phone calls started coming in from friends telling me Pete had passed away. "Well, of course he passed away!" I'm telling everyone this morning. "But that doesn't mean he's gone."
Pete pekade alltid på möjligheter och vägrade att inte se optimistiskt... Vilket föredöme...!
Nu är det upp till oss att fortsätta hans kamp...!
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