John Denver

John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, actor, activist and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer, starting in the 1970s. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the decade and one of its best-selling artists. By 1974, he was firmly established as America's best-selling performer, and AllMusic has described Denver as "among the most beloved entertainers of his era". After traveling and living in numerous locations while...
music people together
Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions
greed arrogance way
If as an environmentalist we are against anything... it is against the arrogance of power and the most obcene ways it shows up, which is in greed.
dad college play
There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".
issues world might
Imagine what it might do to the human spirit to know that we have conquered hunger as a world wide societal issue?
love-is firsts wonderful-life
Love is why I came here in the first place.
soul heritage spirit
To deny this is to deny our own heritage, our own spirit, and our own souls.
grateful blow wind
It amazes me, and I know the wind will surely someday blow it all away It amazes me, and I'm so very grateful that You made the world this way
brother children flower
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers, come and stand beside me, we can find a better way.
hate thinking color
There's an aspect of human nature in which we want to think we're better than somebody else. They're a different color. They speak a different language. They have a different name for the Creator. Whatever it is, that makes it okay for me to hate them, to try to get some of their land or some of their resources.
love-yourself love-you earth
Love the earth as you would love yourself.
summer home two
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes Only two things that money can't buy That's true love and home grown tomatoes.
humorous night ohio
Saturday night in Toledo Ohio, Is like being nowhere at all, All through the day how the hours rush by, You sit in the park and you watch the grass die.
begin call choice heart recognize
We must begin to make what I call ""conscious choices,"" and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs.
drive great guy john open saw stage
What you saw is what you got, ... He didn't have a stage persona. He was a very honest, open guy and he used to drive me crazy. John would tell you want you wanted to know. He was a great guy.