Careers Quote by Ice Cube

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

— Gregory Porter

I used protest music as a vehicle.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a…

— Adam McKay

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

— Chico Hamilton

In the '60s and '70s, a protest song was a genre in music.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.

— Nina Simone

Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades.

— Adam McKay

The protest years were over, not just for me but for a whole generation, and in music, just like in politics, many of the…

— Nina Simone

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit

— Phil Ochs

It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform,…

— Henry Rollins

Because of my song 'Sam Stone,' a lot of people thought I was interested in writing protest songs. Writing protest songs always struck me…

— John Prine

When I first started out I actually was trying to use music to promote feminist ideas and at certain points, anti-violence against women and…

— Kathleen Hanna