Bullshit Quote by Phil Ochs Download Open image “A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit” — Phil Ochs ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bullshit Mistake Music Protest Protest songs Song
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s managed to blend political and societal views with music from the heart. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
I rap when I'm rich. I rap when I'm broke. I rap when I'm bullshit in the street. I rap about only having one… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Yesterday's truth is today's bullshit. Even yesterday's liberating insight is today's jail of stale explanation. — Brad Blanton Copy Share Image
The one thing I absolutely hate about social media are the people who abuse it. Whenever I see a person who constantly posts negative… — Jazmin Garcia Copy Share Image
My biggest advice would be to take the pictures you want to take. Don’t think about the marketplace, what sells or what an editor… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
We're at a time when we are being presented with undeniable changes in the global climate and fundamental issues that affect every single one… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
How can I set free anyone who doesn't have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom? I think it's a… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
The idea of photography as evidence is pure bullshit. A photo is no more proof of any reality than what you may hear being… — Marc Riboud Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
“I wasn't sure which was worse - to know you were a liar or to believe your own bullshit.” — Eileen Cook Copy Share Image
This idea that the employment of women, the movement of women outside the home into the work world, and their demand for equality is… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
“It's a piece of piss. You know what I do? I just get up and read the paper. Then people ask questions, and I… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
