Woody Guthrie's guitar sang out to the people when he sang. Woody wrote positive songs to build people up. He wrote the famous song ¨This Land Is Your Land¨ in 1940, and traveled all over the U.S.A. During Woody’s time of singing, he wrote hundreds of songs! Woody was an inspirational speaker and wrote a famous quote. The quote and the song are similar in a way, but also different.
Woody’s song and the quote are similar in a couple ways. Woody’s quote told people that he was never giving up, and he was out to sing to make people proud of themselves. Also, Woody talks about in the quote that he will fight until his very last breath of air, and his last drop of blood. That shows that he was very confident when he spoke. In Woody’s song, “This Land is Your Land” one of the lines he wrote was- “Nobody living can ever stop me,” just in that phrase he sounds very confident in himself. Woody also talked about how this land wasn’t just made for rich people, or poor people, as Woody would say, “This land was made for you and me.”. So, in this quote, and in the song, Woody is very confident in himself, and Woody said the quote and sang the song. In conclusion, that is how the quote and the song are similar.
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One difference is Woody Guthrie didn’t sing the quote, he said the quote. Also, Woody didn’t say the “This Land is Your Land” he sang the song. Another difference is, in the inspirational quote, Woody just said what was on his mind and didn’t plan out what he was going to say, so he had many spelling and other grammar issues. On the other hand, the song took time and was thought out. By the time Woody got the song on paper he had few spelling and grammar issues. Lastly, if you want to sing Woody’s song in a concert, you need to get permission from Woody’s living relatives. But you can say Woody’s quote, and don’t have to get permission from his family. So, that is how the inspirational quote, and song are
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