Arbitrary Quote by Cass McCombs

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

— Curt Smith

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

— Bob Dylan

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

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

— Paloma Faith

To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire…

— Conor Oberst

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

People can have political opinions and put them into songs. I'd never deliberately do that, but that's a personal choice I'm inspired by my…

— Carla Bruni

There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything.

— Aaron Dessner

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

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

— Jarvis Cocker

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