Feel Quote by Gord Downie

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

— Bob Dylan

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

I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal.

— Meredith Brooks

I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a…

— J. Robbins

I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

— Steve Earle

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

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

— Diane Wakoski

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

— Curt Smith

I do like Canadian poetry. Christian Bök, Anne Carson, Carmine Starnino, and Don McKay are a few of the Canadian poets whose work has…

— James Arthur

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

When I was young, I overheard a Brit say Canada wasn't a real country because it doesn't have any poets. Even then, I kind…

— David McFadden