Inclination Quote by David Sylvian Download Open image “It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.” — David Sylvian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inclination Music Natural Nature Protest Protest songs Song Writing
Because of my song 'Sam Stone,' a lot of people thought I was interested in writing protest songs. Writing protest songs always struck me… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end up that… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things. — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
My rules for a protest song are, if it's going to be hectoring or if it's going to be naive or ridiculously idealistic, just… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
So many famous iconic American songs are protest songs, and I think that the vast majority of artists will only continue to add to… — Liv Bruce Copy Share Image
Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something. — Paul Kantner Copy Share Image
The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s managed to blend political and societal views with music from the heart. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
“The cold December sun A cold that blisters The hands of a working man Wasted” — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
“How can the right thing be so wrong? I've found mistakes Where they don't belong” — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio. — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
“I'll go walking in circles While doubting the very ground beneath me Trying to show unquestioning faith in everything” — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally. — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with homosexual inclinations and put them in the… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it seemed to… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
It's really easy to finish a movie and sort of immediately dive into the next one, because I love working with actors so much… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
The holiest of Christians, and those who understand best the gospel of Christ, find in themselves a constant inclination to look to the power… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It is my greatest misfortune to be too lazy, and by the few mortifications I have already set with on that account I predict… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
I am in Paris. Yes ma'am , I made it back. I came up from Berlin, stopped here ten days, fought a losing battle… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
