Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was an American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist. He often promoted the Industrial Workers of the World in his music, actions, and words...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth15 May 1935
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
The most un-American thing you can do is to stifle dissent
I guarantee, that if I am elected, I will take over the White House, hang out, shoot pool, scratch my ass, and not do a damn thing . . . Which is to say, if you want something done, don't come to me to do it for you; you got to get together and figure out how to do it yourselves. Is that a deal?
The most American thing you can do is to stifle dissent.
I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.
What I really learned in the army was how to be a pacifist.