Harry Chapin

“The only sin is selfishness.”

“Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.”

“When in doubt, do something.”

“Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.”

“What I'm trying to say is, we're all here, we're all in this together, and we're all going to get through it.”

“The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of politics is beyond absurd.”

“To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference.”

“A song is a lens, and all you have to do is find the right lens to see an old subject in a new way.”

“There's never any percentage in being ahead of your time.”

“Music is to be listened to, not to be looked at.”

“I do two things. I'm a storyteller, and I'm a fundraiser.”

“My life is a concert. It's a series of crescendos and diminuendos, of themes and variations.”

“It's the kids, you know. They're the ones who are going to change the world. We've had our shot and we've blown it.”