Human Quote by Samuel Ervin Beam

I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made…

— Isaac Brock

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

— Paloma Faith

I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character,…

— David Byrne

I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss…

— Dean Wareham

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

— Paul Weller

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

— Stephen Stills

A lot of songs we've written have been political, but they're also personally political.

— Curt Smith

To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire…

— Conor Oberst

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

— Bob Dylan

I think there are shades of political songs; some are more subtle and can be more effective for being subtle, for being more metaphorical.…

— Richard Thompson

I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective.

— Cass McCombs

It's not a passion of mine to follow politics. When I deal with political issues in my songs, I just say stuff that's current,…

— Too Short