Going Quote by Kate Pierson

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

— Curt Smith

I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss…

— Dean Wareham

We have always been a big fan of party songs, and we don't think a politically significant song is any harder to write than…

— Jani Lane

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

— Bob Dylan

I want to form a political party that's based entirely on what music people listen to. To me, it's a much better barometer of…

— Steven Soderbergh

I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made…

— Isaac Brock

We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a positive message.

— Pepa

There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything.

— Aaron Dessner

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

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

It's not like we wanted to get really political in terms of specific causes, but I think a lot of the lyrics deal with…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

A lot of the music that I grew up loving has a really political bent to it.

— Patterson Hood