Citizens Quote by Charles Ives

The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.

— Claude Debussy

“The world is filled with people who are no longer needed—and who try to make slaves of all of us—and they have their music…

— Woodie Gurthie

The world is filled with people who are no longer needed. And who try to make slaves of all of us. And they have…

— Woody Guthrie

Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.

— Fela Kuti

If I cannot fly, let me sing.

— Stephen Sondheim

Anywhere in the world, in every oppressive country, time sooner or later comes and libertarian people sing the same song: Goodbye Mr Dictator! This…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane.

— Judy Collins

A song is not going to change this damn world. Instead of making people mad about this shitty situation, it's going to make everybody…

— Chaka Khan

Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.

— Anonymous

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music…

— Bob Dylan

When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.

— Willie Nelson

Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.

— Jean Sibelius