Sinead O'Connor Quotes

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

I do believe that painting can change the world.

Now, I don't know whether a film can change the world, but I know that it starts - I know the power of it - I know that it starts people thinking about how to change the world.

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 want to change the world. I want to be a part of culture. I want to help teach.

I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.

Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the bottom line and the financial return, you know, they forget what it is they're packaging. It's art.

I will say, for Wu-Tang, money wasn't the motivation, it was artistic domination.

I have been skeptical, sometimes, about the importance of rap music, which I think is a capitalistic project to make money.

I'm not oriented by money, to be honest. Everybody thinks we're in the music business for money all of the time. But that's not true for me.

We think accolades are nice, awards are great, but we make music for the people.

I feel like I influence more than just rap.

A song's lyrics can't be held culprit for the overall change in society.

Anytime something makes money, no matter how outré, it's instantly mainstream. A good example is rock 'n' roll. When rock 'n' roll was first played to a wide audience it was considered the devil's music.

It feels amazing and beautiful that music can have such an importance on the way that people form social groups. Music can change people. People can change the world.

Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.

What most of us must be involved in--whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever we do--has to not only make people feel good and inspired and at one with other people around them, but also has to educate a new generation to do this very modest thing: change the world.

There are a lot of spikes that can happen when what you're doing starts to get attention or people start to talk about it. They can just kind of really do a number on your reasons for making music.

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.

Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.

Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.

I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world.

If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor.

If you can’t change the world with chocolate chip cookies, how can you change the world?

I remember going to see Amiri Baraka. It wasn't actually too long before he died. He said, "You've got to write to change the world!" I was like, "Not me, no, no, no, no."