Genre Quote by Sixto Rodriguez Download Open image “In the '60s and '70s, a protest song was a genre in music.” — Sixto Rodriguez ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare 70S Protest Genre Genre Music Music Protest Protest Song Song Song Genre
The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s managed to blend political and societal views with music from the heart. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I think the '60s were a time where they were singing about what was going on around them. — Gavin Creel Copy Share Image
A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
We live in more pragmatic times than when we originally recorded those songs. But many of the dreamers of the '60s have been elected… — Paul Stookey Copy Share Image
When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That’s pretty much how it goes. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Every 20 years or so, I feel that young people confront the same issues - a new war, new challenges. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll and popular music. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial thing never… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
About love, don't be a silent partner. And be gentle with your anger. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I did a lot of heavy-lifting - construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty work. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Where other people live in an artificial world, I feel I live in the real world. And nothing beats reality. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
He [ the son]'s grown up listening to all types of music, and the natural form of rebellion is to find the one genre… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I've just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and… — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Trombone virtuoso and innovative composer, Papo combines the best of jazz and Latin music to create a genre that is unique and wild. He's… — Michael Brecker Copy Share Image
Gothic in its purest sense is actually a very powerful, twisted genre, but the way it was being used by by journalists - 'goff'… — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I knew what kind of genre 'Casa de mi Padre' was going for. But my character, specifically, I think is very real. — Genesis Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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