Ask Quote by Greg Graffin

I have my views and obviously my music has connotations that lean toward what I believe, but I've learned through other artists' mistakes that…

— Miranda Lambert

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper…

— Phil Elvrum

In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my modus operandi.

— Kevin Parker

I think music is my way of showing people a different side of me, telling my story, how I got to this position that…

— Marvin Bagley III

I think I'm more effective as an activist if I stay in music, to be honest. Music, the way it reaches people and transcends…

— Thao Nguyen

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music…

— Juliana Hatfield

My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.

— Kailash Kher

In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is the only…

— Daniel Barenboim

I've never allowed my specific personal practice or belief to be overtly integrated to the music. Because that's crossing the line into, 'We want…

— Ed Kowalczyk

I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone…

— M.I.A

I am the ambassador to the world. I use music to talk to the world - to try to unite masses. To try to…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that…

— Andy Mineo