Activism Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

— Gregory Porter

If you were around in the '60s, you already know that music and art and love are a critical part of the revolution. This…

— Eve Ensler

A lot of the idealism of the Sixties was spot on, from the environmentalism to the war to the Civil Rights movement, the women's…

— Steven Van Zandt

For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.

— Jerry Garcia

I was born in 1952, so obviously the sixties were important. That's when I came of age. It was also a revolutionary period, a…

— Per Petterson

There is a lot of sixties-bashing going on these days that I don't agree with at all. I feel that extremely important ideals were…

— Marianne Williamson

“songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality. Some different…

— Bob Dylan

It's very hard to have lived through the Sixties and not be political.

— Joe Dante

Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues, dressing up,…

— Wolfgang Tillmans

Many things happened in the sixties, but the period is no more significant, better, or more 'political' than today. It's time to turn the…

— Jerry Saltz

The '60s weren't my cup of tea. I never bought that philosophy that, you know, we're all brothers and that'll solve everything. And I…

— Phil Everly

To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire…

— Conor Oberst