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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

I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had…

— George Michael

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 a passion of mine to follow politics. When I deal with political issues in my songs, I just say stuff that's current,…

— Too Short

When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be part of…

— Michael Franti

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

— Patterson Hood

During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend. And there…

— Joan Baez

For me, I'm more a fan of the songs than of the artists because often, it's not worth getting the whole album. There's usually…

— Dr. Luke

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

— Curt Smith

It was fine at the start but there's always politics in any band. It just happened that I always got more vocals than everybody…

— Nadine Coyle

I was 100 percent political in the '80s - the first time around, let's call it, my first life as an artist.

— Steven Van Zandt

I wouldn't even say "Imagine" is political. I think it's…more just sort of declaration of humanity. I don't find his political songs to be…

— Sean Lennon