Music Has Always Had The Ability To

I Learned By Transcribing Songs Out Of The Library Of Congress Collection In Washington Where I Was Working. I Got A Job When I Just Turned Twenty In 1939 And Alan [lomax] Needed Some Help. I Listened To Hundreds Of Records Every Week.

I Try To Sing Many Different Kinds Of Songs. If I Sing A Batch Of Humorous Songs, I'll Throw In A Deadly Serious Song. Or If I'm Singing Too Many Serious Songs, I'll Throw In A Ridiculous Song, To Mix It Up.

I Have To Resist The Temptation To Want To Learn Everything. You Know, You Can't. You Have To Restrict Yourself At Some Time, Or Else You Find Yourself Just Being Spread Too Thin. And Already I Think I Try Too Many Things.

Any Idiot Can Be Complicated. It Takes A Genius To Be Simple.

But I Decline To Say Who Has Ever Listened To Them, Who Has Written Them, Or Other People Who Have Sung Them.