Where have all the flowers gone

“Flowers Some men never think of it. You did. You’d come along And say you’d nearly brought me flowers But something had gone wrong.…

— Wendy Cope

“What will happen to the flowers, now that you are gone? The earth that clings to the steps, the tulsi that begins to sprout.…

— Manil Suri

“Yet there was something else, something different about her this time, like a room where someone has thrown out all the flowers while you…

— Herman Koch

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

The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of…

— Nicholson Baker

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit

— Phil Ochs

Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make…

— Michael Franti

The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s managed to blend political and societal views with music from the heart.

— Gregory Porter

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

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

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

— Joan Baez

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

— David Levithan

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

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 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