Access Quote by Thom Yorke

Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull…

— Dave Matthews

Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to…

— Elliott Smith

I think that the sheer fact that music can raise certain questions or put topics on the agenda has in itself already an effect.…

— G.W. Sok

Mainstream media would convince you that there's commercial culture and that's all - but this other music is still here.

— Michelle Shocked

There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.

— Earle Brown

Too often, politics is like bad theater. The mass media simplifies stories and personalities into their most basic, digestible and familiar bits. Listeners prefer…

— Kevin Hassett

In America, there's more of the question, should music be political or should it just be for entertainment purposes, whereas around the world that's…

— Serj Tankian

The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in.

— M.I.A

I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.

— Kurt Loder

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

— Maggie Rogers

If politically infused music is denied airplay, music reviews or festival stage time because it is considered "politics" rather than "art", then there will…

— Moddi

I think the people are just looking for freedom in music...There's a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they're tired of…

— Rick James