Clever Quote by Robert Smith

I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers.

— John Flansburgh

I don't think people go to musicians for their political points of view. I think your political point of view is circumstances and then…

— Bruce Springsteen

Musicians used to be way more instrumental just in providing a soundtrack to what's going on in the world. And it's also important to…

— Alicia Keys

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

— Maggie Rogers

Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system…

— Bradford Cox

Musicians are like politicians. They're the last people who should be making music, just like politicians are the last people who should be running…

— Nigel Godrich

The idea that musicians should be talking about politics is, in some ways, quite a sixties' idea. Music no longer has a vanguard role…

— Billy Bragg

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

— Charles Hazlewood

Politics and music should only mix to a point. Me, I think my job as a musician is to make people try to forget…

— Hank Williams III

I think that all music is inherently political, and, at the same time, I'm interested in the politics of inclusion not exclusion. So I…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's where it's…

— Julia Holter

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

— Tony Snow