Feel Quote by Rostam Batmanglij

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper…

— Phil Elvrum

There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.

— Earle Brown

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

If music's a political place, I'm out.

— M.I.A

It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good…

— Robert Smith

Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull…

— Dave Matthews

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

Music is beyond competition and politics.

— Tanishk Bagchi

In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is the only…

— Daniel Barenboim

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

— Brian Eno

That is the spirit of the music: to not leave anyone out, to be inclusive.

— Brian Viglione

I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone…

— M.I.A