Here it is, extracted from his handwritten notes prepared for his niece, just born, notes he labeled “A Few Kind Words, prepared for Miss Mary Ann Guthrie, by her uncle, Woody Guthrie, 2-5-37,” and closed with “With love always, W. Guthrie-–the soul doctor.”
Love principles, not people. Love equal and impartial. Love for love’s sake. For God is love. Hate nobody. Harm no living thing. Live to help and to serve always.
Think. Do your own of this. If somebody else were supposed to do it for you-–another head would be on your shoulders. Your head is your own for a reason. Think upon it till you find it, then use it thus.
Develop talent. Express that universe moving in your soul. Meditate and become inspired to supersede. Be not ordinary. Be not normal. Live supernormally. Tell the world what is in your heart.
Quoted from pages 54-62 of Woody’s Road: Woody Guthrie’s Letters Home, Drawings, Photos, and Other Unburied Treasures, by Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon and Guy Logsdon. Paradigm Publishers, 2012. We can’t say enough good things about this book, published on the one hundred-year anniversary of his birth. For Woody’s spirit coming out of the pages, this is the one.
For Woody Guthrie singing “This Land is Your Land,” click here.
Woody Guthrie loved dogs and cats, a condition that makes it into the lyrics of his song "Howdi Do," which appear here.
For a brief biography of Woody Guthrie, click here. For images of or relating to Woody Guthrie, click here.
To learn about Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, click here. For images of or relating to Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, click here.
For a brief biography of Guy Logsdon, click here. For images of or relating to Guy Logsdon, click here.
Love principles, not people. Love equal and impartial. Love for love’s sake. For God is love. Hate nobody. Harm no living thing. Live to help and to serve always.
Think. Do your own of this. If somebody else were supposed to do it for you-–another head would be on your shoulders. Your head is your own for a reason. Think upon it till you find it, then use it thus.
Develop talent. Express that universe moving in your soul. Meditate and become inspired to supersede. Be not ordinary. Be not normal. Live supernormally. Tell the world what is in your heart.
Quoted from pages 54-62 of Woody’s Road: Woody Guthrie’s Letters Home, Drawings, Photos, and Other Unburied Treasures, by Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon and Guy Logsdon. Paradigm Publishers, 2012. We can’t say enough good things about this book, published on the one hundred-year anniversary of his birth. For Woody’s spirit coming out of the pages, this is the one.
For Woody Guthrie singing “This Land is Your Land,” click here.
Woody Guthrie loved dogs and cats, a condition that makes it into the lyrics of his song "Howdi Do," which appear here.
For a brief biography of Woody Guthrie, click here. For images of or relating to Woody Guthrie, click here.
To learn about Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, click here. For images of or relating to Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, click here.
For a brief biography of Guy Logsdon, click here. For images of or relating to Guy Logsdon, click here.
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