I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people. — Holly Near Journey Copy Share Image
I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
“Why do we kill people, who have killed people, to show that killing people is wrong?” — Holly Near Killing 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
You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this. — Holly Near Blessed 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
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
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
My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good… — Holly Near Activist 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
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
In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the… — Holly Near Community 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 am not here for me I am not here to promote my ego I am here to serve the Great Spirit… — Holly Near Ego 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 Copy Share Image
To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to… — Holly Near Dinner 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
Often thoughts are given to me with the sole purpose of giving them away. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can… — 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 Demonstration Copy Share Image
To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes… — Holly Near Blessing Copy Share Image
You can kill that man but not his song, When it's sung the whole world round... — Holly Near Copy Share Image
It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think. — 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 Creativity Copy Share Image
Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think. — Holly Near Expression 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 Copy Share Image
Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the… — Holly Near 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
Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic. — Holly Near Art Copy Share Image
The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
