America Quote by Paul Wall

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

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

— Phil Ochs

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

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

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

— David Sylvian

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

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

As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I…

— Macklemore

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

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

— David Levithan

The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of…

— Nicholson Baker

I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.

— Ursula K. Le Guin