Anna Todd Quotes

We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.

I don't think there is a single social issue I haven't spoken on.

I have no message or answers to social questions.

I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness.

I know it's very comfortable to sit at home and stay with your family, kids and friends and not worry about anything. But with the platform we have we should be the people that scream at the social issues and put them out there so as a society we can move forward.

It's an artist's choice to speak up about social issues, but I think it's really important, and my favorite artists have spoken out.

We accept the world in order to change it. If you do not accept, then what are you going to change?

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

I certainly think it's very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

I think the good thing about Macklemore is that he is very precise about what he gets involved in. As you can tell, he's very passionate about what he puts his name on, because he talks about things people don't usually talk about, and his concepts are very, very passionate.

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to society's 'problems.'

I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.

If you see something that you feel is wrong in society, why not help out?

Me talking about political issues on a social platform was kind of an accident. It's something that's a part of my everyday - it's super central to who I am as a person.

There's a social piece to what's going on in the Sugarland world, but we've never been a band that's political, and I maintain that.

If I choose to keep my opinions and my activism to myself, then I'm not effecting any change in my time here on Earth.

To call someone like me a writer-activist suggests that it's not the job of a writer to write about the society in which they live. But it used to be our job.

I think it is important for me to speak out on social issues. Sometimes people will agree with me. Sometimes people will disagree with me. I don't take that personally.

It's indifference and ignorance that stops people from doing the right thing.

I believe that we have a duty to look frankly at the social conditions around us and to work to do what we can to address the specific needs which we find.

I sing about social issues, not the boy-girl stuff.

I'm a huge feminist, I majored in sociology at college, and I care about what I put into the world.

As a human being, when I see things going on in my community, I feel compelled to do something, to say something.