Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Ewan MacColl

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Last updated on November 4, 2024.

James Henry Miller, better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the instigators of the 1960s folk revival as well as for writing such songs as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Dirty Old Town".

Singer | January 25, 1915 - October 22, 1989

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I'm a freeborn man of the travelling people. Got no fixed abode, and no man is my master. Country lanes and byways were always my ways. I never fancied going faster.

Ewan MacColl

The first time I ever saw your face, I thought the sun rose in your eyes and the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave to the dark and empty sky, my love.

Ewan MacColl

My function is not to reassure people. I want to make them uncomfortable. To send them out of the place arguing and talking.

Ewan MacColl