Gone Quote by Bob Dylan

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

— Stephen Stills

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

— Paul Weller

A lot of songs we've written have been political, but they're also personally political.

— Curt Smith

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

— Paloma Faith

I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made…

— Isaac Brock

It's not a passion of mine to follow politics. When I deal with political issues in my songs, I just say stuff that's current,…

— Too Short

I don't write political music. Political music is immediately obsolete.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

A lot of people say my songs are political, but that's not by plan. It's because I never found a place where everything is…

— Manu Chao

I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

— Steve Earle

I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective.

— Cass McCombs

I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had…

— George Michael

I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character,…

— David Byrne