Albums Quote by Paul Kantner

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

— Chico Hamilton

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

I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a…

— Adam McKay

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.

— Nina Simone

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

— Phil Ochs

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

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

I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something…

— Serj Tankian

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

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

— Janine di Giovanni

An album is a thing you take time out and go work on.

— Courtney Barnett