It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how. — 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
