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Quotes about Protest Songs

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.
—Phil Ochs, in Broadside magazine (1962)
A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.
—Phil Ochs, in the liner notes for The Broadside Tapes 1

Satan: Beyond these doors is an agony worse than all others... you will remain in here for eternity listening to... [opens door] WHINY PROTEST SONGS FROM THE SIXTIES!
 Singer: Oh I hate the government
 More than you hate me
 The government took my goldfish
 And unplugged my TV

Warners: [Scream]
—Animaniacs, "Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled"

Quotes from Protest Songs

"We got to fight the Powers That Be!"
—Public Enemy, "Fight The Power"

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