If you hear a great song by Pete Seeger, and you learn it, remember that YOU ARE NOT PETE SEEGER! If you try to imitate just his voice and his inflection and his banjo playing you're doomed to failure. The aficianados of Seegerdom will look down on your failures. Make the song your own, and you have no apologies to make--assuming you display some good musical judgment and have control of your instrument in your own terms.

It's better to be a first-rate YOU than to be a second-rate Seeger, say I.

Dave Oesterreich