David Crosby, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

“Here were all these people behaving differently. They were doing something differently. They didn’t hurt each other. It’s such a stunning thing that it’s hard to wrap your head around. But it’s real. I’ll stick up for it. I will embarrass myself and be a hippie and say, yes, there was something completely different going on for a second.”

Edgar Winter

“Quite honestly, Woodstock literally changed my life. At the time I was more interested in jazz and classical music. My heroes were Bird and Trane and Miles. I wasn’t an actual member of Johnny’s band at that time; I was sort of a special guest. And after that performance, just everything shifted for me. I realized that it wasn’t my personal world, that music really had the power and the ability to reach out and bring people together. It just caused me to realize and re-evaluate everything.”