Dead Quote by Nina Simone

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

— Ice Cube

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

I am continually influenced by the feeling that music culture captured in the late 60s - for my generation, it was a time to…

— Renzo Rosso

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

— Gregory Porter

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

I was never a protestor, don't get me wrong, I was never like a vocal... what was the line I used to repeat to…

— Joe Maddon

I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist worth a…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

— Bruce Springsteen

You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something.

— Paul Kantner

The rebellious mood of the country during those [60th] years allowed me to plug right back into my old hatreds. I could scream and…

— George Carlin

We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of…

— Graham Nash

Music has always moved me really deeply, and it's always been more about that than about the desire to rebel or annoy people (although,…

— St. Lucia