Music Quote by Sixto Rodriguez

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

— Ice Cube

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

— Chico Hamilton

I've played hundreds of protests. I've marched on dozens of picket lines. I've strummed my guitar at innumerable demonstrations.

— Tom Morello

I always had to have music in my cars.

— Michael Anthony

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

— Nina Simone

Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades.

— Adam McKay

The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s managed to blend political and societal views with music from the heart.

— Gregory Porter

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

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

You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something.

— Paul Kantner

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

— David Levithan

To me, protesting and playing music go hand in hand.

— Tim Commerford