Music Quote by Boots Riley

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper…

— Phil Elvrum

You know, just being recognized for anything musically for me has been, like incredible because this is all I do, this is all I…

— Ahmad Balshe

I have my views and obviously my music has connotations that lean toward what I believe, but I've learned through other artists' mistakes that…

— Miranda Lambert

I am the ambassador to the world. I use music to talk to the world - to try to unite masses. To try to…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

There are many ways to get involved with lives or communities and enrich the minds of others through music, but you really have to…

— Anne Akiko Meyers

I want my music to be not only representative of other people's lives but also contributing something to the struggle that people are going…

— Boots Riley

I think I'm more effective as an activist if I stay in music, to be honest. Music, the way it reaches people and transcends…

— Thao Nguyen

If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that’s such a rare gift. It’s underestimated at this point…

— Iggy Pop

I'm trying to do music which inspires the desire to transcend politics, which has a limited and selfish and egoist and unknowledgable end about…

— Wayne Shorter

I just look at music as a retreat from organizing. It's like a tug-of-war with me. Music can be effective, but it's not any…

— Boots Riley

I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it's such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when…

— The Weeknd

Politics and music should only mix to a point. Me, I think my job as a musician is to make people try to forget…

— Hank Williams III