Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Pete Seeger Quotes: My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day.
         

My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day.


Pete Seeger
Check all other quotes by Pete Seeger

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Pete Seeger Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Tue. 30 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/My-mother-gave-me-a-ukulele-at-949872>.





Check out


Other quotes of Pete Seeger


I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.



Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.



Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.



It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.



I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's the plug-in drug.

I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's the plug-in drug.



Shh. Listen to the sounds that surround you. Notice the pitches, the volume, the timbre, the many lines of counterpoint. As light taught Monet to paint, the earth may be teaching you music.

Shh. Listen to the sounds that surround you. Notice the pitches, the volume, the timbre, the many lines of counterpoint. As light taught Monet to paint, the earth may be teaching you music.



Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.

Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.



This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.

This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.



Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.



If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.

If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.





Other quotes you may like


Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.

Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.



My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.

My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.



I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.



If you think what you see on TV is prejudiced, it is. Follow your instincts.

If you think what you see on TV is prejudiced, it is. Follow your instincts.



He who is not getting better is getting worse.

He who is not getting better is getting worse.



I support strong sanctions and other penalties against those who aid violent extremists, brutalize their own people and have time and time again rejected calls to behave as responsible nations.

I support strong sanctions and other penalties against those who aid violent extremists, brutalize their own people and have time and time again rejected calls to behave as responsible nations.



If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now.

If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now.



I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.

I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.



Love sets your heart free. Be not afraid: dig deep, Take a deep breath And reach for the sky In your lover's heart.

Love sets your heart free. Be not afraid: dig deep, Take a deep breath And reach for the sky In your lover's heart.



The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day.". Author of this quote is Pete Seeger. This quote is about eight, tunes, age, mother, ukulele,.