A Quote by Ry Cooder

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

Ry Cooder

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Ry Cooder
American - Musician
Born: March 15, 1947

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

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

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

Dhani Harrison

The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long.

James Lee

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

Donovan

Because Dickens and Dostoyevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much better than I ever could, I decided to stick to my own mind.

Bob Dylan

Actually, I'm the Scottish Woody Guthrie.

Donovan

People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so common it was just uncommon.

Arlo Guthrie

I absorbed the vinyl of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliott, to Michael McClure and then into the Beat poets, Allen Ginsberg. At campus, we were absorbing that stuff. We looked to America.

Donovan

I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.