Chairs Quote by Saul Williams

Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail…

— George Bernard Shaw

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

— Chico Hamilton

Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.

— Fela Kuti

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

It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs.

— Blaise Pascal

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

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.

— Nina Simone

Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can't change mindsets and hearts.

— Smriti Irani

There will be no more protest. No more dissension. No more violence. There will be only one voice. The voice of Ravinia. The voice…

— Anonymous

“let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its law.”

— Plato

While legislation obviously is political, we now have allowed regulation to become politicized, which we believe will likely lead to some bad outcomes.

— Jamie Dimon

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

— Mark Twain