America Quote by Shawn Amos

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

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

I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a…

— Adam McKay

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

— Chico Hamilton

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

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

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit

— Phil Ochs

Protests are the very essence of America! It is a country founded in protest.

— Max Boot

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

— David Sylvian

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

Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.

— DeRay Mckesson

“Recently we have seen a level of public protest unlike anything we have witnessed in decades. Dissent is about marching, and making one’s voice…

— Dan Rather