>> we live in a age of politics and war and that is why everybody is here to get away from that. >> and kayden and connor are kids of my best friend, and they want to come here, but for most people it is to get away from all of this, and it is a diversion of the messy world. >> i think that we did help to change the world. it is slower than we thought, but i think that music of the times helped the people get what it was that they wanted to get out to people who really mattered. the first earth day was the year of woodstock. civil rights, human right, women's rights and all of those movements began in earnest in that generation. >> but can he keep it going in the 21st century? >> woodstock officials are now telling us, they are going to appeal.