Troubadour Quotes by Phil Ochs

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…

— Phil Ochs

You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold.

— Phil Ochs

Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by…

— Phil Ochs

I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than…

— Phil Ochs

God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail.

— Phil Ochs

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

— Phil Ochs

I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.

— Phil Ochs

In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law.

— Phil Ochs

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror…

— Phil Ochs

One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.

— Phil Ochs

The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader.

— Phil Ochs

Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside…

— Phil Ochs

Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.

— Phil Ochs

It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.

— Phil Ochs

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies…

— Phil Ochs