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

Writing Song Natural Protest Inclination Protest Songs

Author:David Sylvian

“I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything.”

People Eye Song Politician Speech Protest Protest Songs

Author:Conor Oberst

“The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.”

Writing Song Hardest Protest Protest Songs

Author:Joan Baez

“I won't be indulging in anger anymore, vehemently and self-righteously singing protest songs, and expecting them to bring peace to me or anyone else.”

Self Song Singing Protest Expecting Protest Songs

Author:Susan Schneider

“I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when he wrote his most famous "protest songs," like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin.'"”

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Author:Jay Michaelson

“Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.”

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”

Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences

“Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.”

Long Form Song Protest Protest Songs

Book:Wide Awake

Source: Wide Awake

“In the ’60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn’t just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.”

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Author:George Clooney

“Where have all the flowers gone”

Nature Gone Flower Protest Songs

Author:Marlene Dietrich

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

Song Mistake Protest Bullshit Protest Songs

Author:Phil Ochs

“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 sociable harmony.”

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Author:Nicholson Baker

“Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.”

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Author:Michael Franti