“Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.”
“Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.”
Arlo Guthrie
“For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobody's got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world. He's so alone in the world, that he doesn't even have a street to lay in for a truck to run him o...”
Arlo Guthrie
“Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. "Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious." And I said "Right."”
Arlo Guthrie
“It's about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar.”
Arlo Guthrie
“Back around 1971, I was playing in a bar in Chicago one night, and after the show, I was packing up my guitar and stuff, and I was walking out the door, and a little guy stopped me. And he said, "Arlo...”
Arlo Guthrie