Pete Seeger Quotes

I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama.

I love the idea of things being strict and things being uniform. That's the reason why I surround each collection with humor or irony. I want to make sure that it's not too serious and that there is some element that throws it off because otherwise that would make it really boring. There's always a story that's somewhat fantastical.

They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.

I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

I try to acknowledge both the sacred and the silly in my work. That goes for the live show as well. If I find myself in my head or dwelling in seriousness, I think of my friends back home and how they'd be laughing at me.

A lot of people think that there has to be extreme continuity in an album, but if you look at my background, it's variety! I want to see some variety in an artist, I want to be entertained, I want some depth. Show me some different styles!

Maybe I am conservative, but I like to have a little fun, too.

My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.

I have to be entertained by what I'm writing, so a lot of my stuff has a goofiness or scatological quality. If these characters can entertain me, then I feel like I can deal with the darker or more serious stuff.

I like to make people laugh. That's for sure. And I really like to humiliate myself and go very far in derision and stuff. But no, I like everything. I started a little bit of doing drama, too. I like that, too. I guess I just want to touch everything.

We take the show very seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously.

There's got to be structure and great comedy. When you start with that, everything else falls into place.

You know, you try to be diverse, and try to have fun and round things out.

I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.

I love to dress up. You have to have a sense of fun in life, too. We can all be serious and work and do our bit, but every now and again you have to have a good giggle.

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

I feel I need a lot of contrast, so I have all these things happening, but they're all necessary to make me feel satisfied. It's got to be this big pot happening, with everything boiling at once.

I'll always come back to comedy. Doing drama can feel satisfying, but day to day, it's just not as fun as laughing.

I think it's natural if you're doing a lot of comedy to do a lot of drama, because you have to figure out the real version of the joke.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

I like doing both TV and live stuff, though it's nice to mix it up.

I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.