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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

- Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger, R.I.P.

Folk singer Pete Seeger has died at the age of 94. An unabashed leftist, Seeger left his mark on American folk music. Whether or not you agreed with his politics, you can appreciate his talent. Rest in peace.

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"This was the contradiction the poor blacklisters faced: The more they tried to target me the more they drummed up publicity for my concerts," Seeger told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his home in Beacon, N.Y. "I like to misquote Thomas Jefferson in saying, ‘The price of liberty is eternal publicity.’"

-Pete Seeger on an apology 49 years in the making