Hazel Dickens

On her song, "Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Here There:" I can remember the first time I sang 'Don't Put Her Down, You Helped Put Here There.' I was at a party standing in the middle of all these men. It was here in Washington. Bob Siggins was playing banjo, and when I got done, everybody just looked at each other, and Bob said 'That's a nice song, but I won't be able to sing it.' And I said 'Of course you can. We were writing about our own experience. They were things needed to say. Show less «

On her collaboration with Alice Gerrard: I'm not sure if they looked at us as a novelty, or if they took us seriously. They were a lot of them, especially down through the years, that gave us respect. Show less «