20th century Quote by DJ Spooky

In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights movement, workers'…

— Tom Morello

“No matter how corrupt or greedy our government is, our corporations, our media, our religious and charitable institutions may come, the music will still…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Music has always pushed ahead social movements and can do much more than just dumb down a populace.

— Saul Williams

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

— Krzysztof Penderecki

All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

— Billy Bragg

I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the…

— Greg Ginn

Communists love to make films about composers because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.

— Milos Forman

The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s managed to blend political and societal views with music from the heart.

— Gregory Porter

Most conservatives know better than to promote the state funding of art. The result of such funding is the mess that modern art has…

— Gary North

When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth.

— Bjork

A lot of the music that I grew up loving has a really political bent to it.

— Patterson Hood

I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular…

— Linda Ronstadt