Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
As a guitar player, I've been influenced by dance music - it was Crystal Method and The Prodigy back in the day.… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I grew up on misogynist, devil-worshipping heavy metal music, and then it was groups like The Clash and Public Enemy that reminded… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Being a musician is a given for me-I didn't have much choice in the matter. — 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
I think I was meant to be a musician who speaks his mind about social justice issues. And I grew up in… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
When I moved to Hollywood, I was expecting it to be this Mecca of extraordinarily talented musicians, and it was instead the… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to… — 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
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
There's a unique component of music that is different from, the written pamphlet or a speech. There's something, when you get the… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I find it ironic that now water is more expensive than music. On the one hand, record companies can't go crying when… — 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
A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth. — 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
Things like rebellion and resistance to authority are absolutely as much a part of the human experience as love and cars are,… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Bashing the elite is what I'm all about in my music because they absolutely don't deserve the privileged position that they're in,… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
“A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth,” — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Of course, music is an art form, and it's not all that competitive. But we don't ever intend to be the second-best… — 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
My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
