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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. -- Susan Schneider
Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take. -- David Levithan
It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs. -- David Sylvian
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning. -- Joan Baez
A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit -- 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. -- Nicholson Baker
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. -- Conor Oberst
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. -- Michael Franti
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. -- George Clooney
I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end up that way, driven by some kind of emotional response. -- Conor Oberst

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