A Quote by Bruce Springsteen

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

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Bruce Springsteen
American - Musician
Born: September 23, 1949

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

My musical heroes are people like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie who wrote and sang real songs for real people; for everyone, old, young, and in between.

Tom Chapin

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

Sixto Rodriguez

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

If you had asked me, did I have everything nailed down and wired about what I wanted to do, and was I following some real plan? No. In fact, by the time I was in my mid-20s or even late-20s, and I was still in the law firm, I really was starting to get a little nervous that I didn't know what I was going to do.

Lloyd Blankfein

Actually, I'm the Scottish Woody Guthrie.

Donovan

I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

Gordon Lightfoot

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

Bob Dylan

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

Peter Yarrow

the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal fashion angst, the Appalachian nation still sings about unemployment.