It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing…

Because of my song 'Sam Stone,' a lot of people thought I was interested in writing protest songs. Writing protest songs always struck me…

— John Prine

I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech.…

— Conor Oberst

I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when…

— Jay Michaelson

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

— David Levithan

The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.

— Joan Baez

I wasn't a natural mother.

— June Brown

I wasn't a natural-born athlete. I was made.

— Trevor Bauer

The Graces was a great experience; it's great working with women, but we weren't put together in an organic way, and I think that's…

— Meredith Brooks

“And for what portion of human history had people even had desk jobs? Maybe the last four hundred years, out of four million? It…

— Rebecca Makkai

I always felt as if force-feeding wasn't natural.

— Shawn Bradley

The funny thing about acting is, there's no 'right' way to make it. Some people need to work their butts off, and some don't.…

— Alexander Dreymon

I wish it wasn't so natural for me to dwell on the past.

— Jenny Zhang

We talk too much of black art when we should be talking about art, just art. Black composers must be free to write rondos…

— Alvin Ailey

I won't be indulging in anger anymore, vehemently and self-righteously singing protest songs, and expecting them to bring peace to me or anyone else.

— Susan Schneider

In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about…

— George Clooney