Ballads Quote by Woody Guthrie

My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written things that…

— David Crosby

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

— Gustavo Dudamel

Part of the problem with America is that letting go of emotions is viewed as a weakness, but it's my strength. That enabled me…

— Melanie Martinez

Aligning my music with something that feels morally and politically passionate to me feels good.

— Lola Kirke

I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.

— Joe Cocker

I am surely happy to be breaking away from the norm when it comes to my songs.

— Sid Sriram

What's important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It's very reflective of my ideology.

— Mitski

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social…

— Kenny Rogers

It would get really alienating, to have my face be the face of a cause. So much just comes down to the songs. I…

— Win Butler

If I'm not representing the people with my music for the goodwill of the Creator, it's all in vain at the end of the…

— Raheem DeVaughn

With the style of music that I do, I don't think it's at the top of their agenda to push me into doing any…

— Jonny Lang

I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone…

— M.I.A