Clinton Quote by Aaron Dessner

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

— Stephen Stills

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

— Bob Dylan

A lot of songs we've written have been political, but they're also personally political.

— Curt Smith

A good song can only do good, and I am proud of the songs I have sung. I hope to be able to continue…

— Pete Seeger

There's a track called 'Why Not Nothing' about how the world's turning so conservative and so religious at the same time. I think it's…

— Richard Ashcroft

I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the…

— Greg Ginn

We have always been a big fan of party songs, and we don't think a politically significant song is any harder to write than…

— Jani Lane

In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights movement, workers'…

— Tom Morello

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

— Paloma Faith

I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone…

— M.I.A

We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are. We realized…

— Aaron Dessner

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

— Jarvis Cocker