My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? — Holly Near Copy Share Image
