When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained. — Holly Near Demonstration 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… — Holly Near Bridges 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 Creativity Copy Share Image
You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there. — Holly Near Bread 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 City Copy Share Image
Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading. — Holly Near Ideas Copy Share Image
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word. — Holly Near Art 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!… — Holly Near Believe 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… — Holly Near Children 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… — Holly Near Bitter Copy Share Image
Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? — Holly Near Killing people Copy Share Image
Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling. — Holly Near Failure Copy Share Image
White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people. — Holly Near Journey Copy Share Image
You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it. — Holly Near Feeding Copy Share Image
We are a gentle angry people We are a land of many colors We are gay and straight together We are a… — Holly Near Angry Copy Share Image
When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs. — Holly Near Audience Copy Share Image
Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt. — Holly Near Art Copy Share Image
It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need… — Holly Near Best friend Copy Share Image
My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my… — Holly Near Belly Copy Share Image
“Why do we kill people, who have killed people, to show that killing people is wrong?” — Holly Near Killing people Copy Share Image
Something happens to me when I witness someone's courage. They may not know I'm watching and I might not let them know.… — Holly Near Courage Copy Share Image
Often thoughts are given to me with the sole purpose of giving them away. — Holly Near Given Copy Share Image
