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Actually, I'm the Scottish Woody Guthrie.

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Scottish - Musician
Born: May 10, 1946

Any nobody from the folk blues world could avoid being influenced by Woody Guthrie, who is actually of Scottish-Irish ancestry.

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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

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

John Mellencamp

I have two mini huskies called Woody Guthrie and Edison Guthrie.

Dhani Harrison

You could listen to Woody Guthrie songs and actually learn how to live.

Bob Dylan

I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

Gordon Lightfoot

The spirit of Woody Guthrie lives in the heart of Chris Chandler.

Peter Yarrow

In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.

Bob Dylan

I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country.

Sixto Rodriguez

Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.

Steve Earle

The Woody Guthrie 'Dust Bowl' tunes were really fascinating.

Ry Cooder

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.

Merle Haggard

Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

Billy Bragg

I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers.

Neil Diamond

I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.

Bruce Springsteen

Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential.

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