Jay IDK Quotes

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

I do believe that painting can change the world.

Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positive impact on the world.

It was the case in the 70s and 80s that people believed music could change the world. But now people aren't making music because they want to change the world; they're making music because they want to just make a ton of money.

One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can imagine a world that has no music in it, it would be a very different world, so music does change the world by virtue of all the music in it. Cumulative music of every kind, from banging a drum to playing a flute or recording symphonies, or singing 'War, what is it good for?' All those things change the whole way we live.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

There's a weighing kind of overemphasis on sexuality, which disempowers music generally, because it silences all the other voices; it makes music a very powerless force for changing the world.

I write books to change the world. Perhaps I can only change one little piece of that world. But if I can empower teachers and good citizens to give these children, who are the poorest of the poor, the same opportunity we give our own kids, then I'll feel my life has been worth it.

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Artists are not going to put somebody new in the president's chair. It's all worth the effort; it all needs to be done. But I don't look at songwriting as having the ability to necessarily do that today.

Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world.

There's people that get a chance to do the kind of work that changes the world, and make things really different. And there's the kind that just keeps the world from falling apart.

If i can do just one tenth of the good Michael Jackson did for others, i can really make a difference in this world

We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time, one city, one state and one country at a time.

So, take what's inside you and make big, bold choices and for those who can't speak for themselves, use bold voices and make friends and love well, bring art to this place and make the world better for the whole human race.

Now somebody will ask me, Pete, how can you prove these songs really make a difference? And I have to confess I can't prove a darn thing, except that the people in power must think they do something, because they keep the songs off the air.

I'm talking about the '60s really. People go interview these guys and ask them, "Do you still think music can change the world?" I mean, go talk to Graham Nash about that. What's he going to tell you? Ask David Crosby. These guys are still out there. They're playing their hits at Staples Center and those are really valuable songs. I'm talking about a couple of the guys who got knee-deep into really believing music had a great service beyond radio. I believe it did. And I think a lot of those songs are great.

The church and religion has lost tremendous power and positive power.

I have a magnificent obsession. All I want to do is change the world ...make it a better place for this and future generations.

The forties and fifties were years of high poet-incense; the language-flowers were thickly sweet. Those flowers whined and begged white folks to pick them, to find them lovable. Then the '60s: Independent fire!

There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world.

Sexual intercourse began in 1963 ... / Between the end of the Chatterley ban/ and the Beatles first LP