Kinky Friedman Quotes

Many support what I am doing.

What you guys want, I'm for.

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for my songs and made them proliferate, and my songs have contributed a lot to that cause as well.

I haven't seen it yet but I support it 100 percent.

If you endorse somebody, it's like a stamp of approval and embracing them.

No matter what political cause compels us, we should always feel as though it's being threatened. We should use these causes, whatever they are, to bring people together and get each other excited about our role, so we feel like we can't stop and won't stop.

I cannot expect actor Prakash Raj, who is versatile across languages, to express solidarity with a cause.

I'm ready to fight, and I'm ready to make sure progressive includes progress.

A lot of the people in the 'Bachelor' family have got my back.

You know in democracy you can protest peacefully and I'm sure you know it will have at least some kind of impact. You need to raise your voice. If you can't do much, you know, but at least raise you voice. Raising your voice is something you need to do.

When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and being there on the ground.

Even if you can't be an activist every day, when you can be, do it.

Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.

You just have to find your activism, and don't let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you're doing the work, and you're getting someone to think, you're on the right path.

As long as you are promoting something that you really believe in - yes, it's incredible to see that designer earn the esteem they deserve - but there's something to be said about the fact that if you're convicted about an opinion, and you really believe something's great, you're not going to credit yourself for their success.

We are the party that hears the stories of people, the struggles.

Snoop Dogg has always held me up. He's always held me above the fray, and that keeps me relevant. Wherever he goes, he takes my name with him when he does interviews. He's talking about me. He keeps me alive, and that feeds my spirit.

You always appreciate it when people stick your neck out to support you.

Sometimes sports serves as a reprieve from politics, and sometimes it serves as an extension of it.

We have no one to stand up for the fighters' rights. If something bad were to happen, no one backs him, and it's just him alone, and everything gets washed out. We need people to stand up and fight for it.

People with advantages don't tend to want to give them up. If you see it as a zero-sum game, then it will never change. If only the people who are disadvantaged speak out, then it's not enough. I don't want to overshadow their voices, but I want to support.

I really wish women of color would come together more and stand up for each other.

Being an activist is not easy.

It's nice to have a lot of people supportive of what I'm doing.

I wouldn't have been so successful if I didn't have such a tremendous groundswell in support from my fans.