Complaints Quote by Nicholson Baker

My rules for a protest song are, if it's going to be hectoring or if it's going to be naive or ridiculously idealistic, just…

— Matty Healy

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's…

— Shawn Amos

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

— Phil Ochs

I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech.…

— Conor Oberst

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

I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end up that…

— Conor Oberst

We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people.…

— Jimmy Cliff

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

— David Sylvian

There's a unique component of music that is different from, the written pamphlet or a speech. There's something, when you get the right combination…

— Tom Morello

So many famous iconic American songs are protest songs, and I think that the vast majority of artists will only continue to add to…

— Liv Bruce

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

— David Levithan

“Protesting often times takes a stance of offense; a form of violence that may not always be physical but is a form of violence…

— Eric Overby