“We offer a stark contrast to the bland escapism that chokes the charts,” — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Bad presidents make for great music, and I'm gonna do my best to provide it. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan's love for Rage Against The Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
We've been able to have our cake and eat it, too. Every song, every T-shirt, is absolutely a pure expression of what… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
If aliens came down and challenged us to a Battle of the Bands to decide the fate of Planet Earth, I would… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
A good song should make you wanna tap your foot and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cops and… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
You can kiss my Kiss-loving ass because Kiss was never a critic's band. It was a people's band. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
The one thing that Hendrix had that is unique among extraordinary guitar players is he had songs that were on the radio.… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. But I have friends in struggling up-and-coming… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
My music is - there's no litmus test, there's no political litmus test for listening to it - but I am never… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
When I am most successful as a guitar player is when I'm able to just sort of lose myself. You stop thinking… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
There are many fans of hard rock music that have been wrongly pigeonholed as apathetic. This music is not music for the… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
In a world of bands called Limp Bizkit and Hoobastank, Electric Sheep rolls off the tongue like a Shakespearean love sonnet. Leave… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations… — Tom Morello Copy Share
Poverty is curable, but it’s just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on humanity. — Tom Morello Copy Share
In America, we have freedom of choice. But some are free to choose between Lamborghini and Rolls Royce while others are free to choose… — Tom Morello Copy Share
The reason why many young people in the Vietnam War era were active was their lives were threatened by the draft and they were… — Tom Morello Copy Share
Well, I don't care for Paul Ryan's sound or his lyrics. He can like whatever bands he wants, but his guiding vision of shifting… — Tom Morello Copy Share
I think it's crucially important to be present in the lives of your children. They are my most important cause that I fight for.… — Tom Morello Copy Share
Charles Manson loved the Beatles but didn’t understand them. Governor Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen but doesn’t understand him. And Paul Ryan is clueless… — Tom Morello Copy Share
I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders. — Tom Morello Copy Share
As a guitar player, I've been influenced by dance music - it was Crystal Method and The Prodigy back in the day. I would… — Tom Morello Copy Share
I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are… — Tom Morello Copy Share
I'd say that one area where my political views have remained unchanged is that, I am opposed to the government spying on everybody. — Tom Morello Copy Share
Racism is a problem, economic inequality is a problem, not enough rock n' roll on the radio is a problem. But all those problems… — Tom Morello Copy Share
I grew up on misogynist, devil-worshipping heavy metal music, and then it was groups like The Clash and Public Enemy that reminded me that… — Tom Morello Copy Share
