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Top 30 Arlo Guthrie Quotes (2025 Update)

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What’s in that pipe that he’s smoking?”

1. “Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What’s in that pipe that he’s smoking?”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren’t famous, and a lot of famous people aren’t important.”

2. “Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren’t famous, and a lot of famous people aren’t important.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person’s point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.”

3. “Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person’s point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.”

4. “You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “There’s only one God. Call him whatever you want.”

5. “There’s only one God. Call him whatever you want.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “The New York State Freeway’s closed, man. Far out!”

6. “The New York State Freeway’s closed, man. Far out!”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “What’s in that pipe that he’s smoking?”

7. “What’s in that pipe that he’s smoking?”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “It’s about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar.”

8. “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

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Building walls isn’t going to work in the long run. Some people are happy with the wall in Israel, but somebody will get a weapon someday and knock it over or something. Walls aren’t the answer between countries, though.”

9. “Building walls isn’t going to work in the long run. Some people are happy with the wall in Israel, but somebody will get a weapon someday and knock it over or something. Walls aren’t the answer between countries, though.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning which caused that misunderstanding.”

10. “If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning which caused that misunderstanding.”

— Arlo Guthrie

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Arlo Guthrie Quote: “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.”

11. “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

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.”

12. “If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it’s a bad idea to fish downstream from Bob Dylan.”

13. “Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it’s a bad idea to fish downstream from Bob Dylan.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Coming into Los Angeles, bringing in a couple of keys. Don’t touch my bags, if you please Mr. Customs man.”

14. “Coming into Los Angeles, bringing in a couple of keys. Don’t touch my bags, if you please Mr. Customs man.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.”

15. “Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin’, father raping, all kinds of groovy things.”

16. “We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin’, father raping, all kinds of groovy things.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don’t think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.”

17. “Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don’t think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “We live in an increasingly sophisticated world that makes it difficult to make simple comments on stuff. There are too many people on both sides of the border who are taking advantage of circumstances and the situation.”

18. “We live in an increasingly sophisticated world that makes it difficult to make simple comments on stuff. There are too many people on both sides of the border who are taking advantage of circumstances and the situation.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobodys got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.”

19. “But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobodys got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “I don’t write as many songs as I used to. But, I find myself writing for social media more – times have changed. And I love photography, so a lot of my creative energy gets caught up that way.”

20. “I don’t write as many songs as I used to. But, I find myself writing for social media more – times have changed. And I love photography, so a lot of my creative energy gets caught up that way.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted.”

21. “Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Ostrich is a very lean meat. Bison is a very lean meat. Chicken is a very lean meat. Notice something about my favorite meats?”

22. “Ostrich is a very lean meat. Bison is a very lean meat. Chicken is a very lean meat. Notice something about my favorite meats?”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “The death of what’s dead is the birth of what’s living.”

23. “The death of what’s dead is the birth of what’s living.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Greed and globalization aren’t just America’s fault.”

24. “Greed and globalization aren’t just America’s fault.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “I don’t want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle.”

25. “I don’t want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “I’d rather have friends who care than friends who agree with me.”

26. “I’d rather have friends who care than friends who agree with me.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “You don’t need spirituality to discover the troubles that come your way. But, it’s good to know that troubles are not unique to you alone.”

27. “You don’t need spirituality to discover the troubles that come your way. But, it’s good to know that troubles are not unique to you alone.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “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.”

28. “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

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can’t just point the finger at America.”

29. “There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can’t just point the finger at America.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. They have the resources to cast doubt and fear over any group they feel threatened by.”

30. “Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. They have the resources to cast doubt and fear over any group they feel threatened by.”

— Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie Quote: “You teach kids how to succeed when they successfully foil the educational system.”

31. “You teach kids how to succeed when they successfully foil the educational system.”

— Arlo Guthrie

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