Activism Quote by Eyvind Kang

Musicians are like politicians. They're the last people who should be making music, just like politicians are the last people who should be running…

— Nigel Godrich

I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers.

— John Flansburgh

Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.

— Krist Novoselic

We want to just make music that impacts people - we don't really care about the rest.

— Lauren Jauregui

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

— Charles Hazlewood

Musicians used to be way more instrumental just in providing a soundtrack to what's going on in the world. And it's also important to…

— Alicia Keys

“Our musical artistry and leadership of people need to work together to create an environment that welcomes participation instead of causing disengagement.”

— Gangai Victor

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

— Maggie Rogers

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

— Herbie Hancock

What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together.

— Elton John

Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull…

— Dave Matthews

Music has the power to inspire the world.

— Bad Bunny