Song Quotes by Holly Near

When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained.

— Holly Near

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

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

— Holly Near

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.

— Holly Near

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

Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.

— Holly Near

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

— Holly Near

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

Peace can start with just one heart.

— Holly Near

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

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

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

— Holly Near

Time has passed through me and become a song.

— Holly Near

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

— Holly Near

White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.

— Holly Near