Band Quote by Henry Rollins

We were all anti-Reagan, we were all politically-aware, we were all anti-war and things like that. These days a lot of the newer bands…

— Roger Miret

Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the…

— Pete Seeger

I actually think that Republican administrations are better for music. The Reagan era was such a great era for punk and indie rock.

— Carrie Brownstein

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

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

— Maggie Rogers

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

— Bob Dylan

The songs I write should only be gauged by what other writers or peers are doing today. If the barometer for all songwriters was…

— Jakob Dylan

I don't know if music has ever achieved anything past appealing to the people that it appeals to. If a song could stop a…

— Henry Rollins

Living in war, and being a wartime band, I don't think there's any way that can't somehow influence the songwriting.

— Colin Meloy

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

— Curt Smith

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

— Beck

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

— Gregory Porter