Music Protest Quotes

In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn't just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

Those in power write the history; those who suffer write the songs.

In the '60s and '70s, a protest song was a genre in music.

They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time.

Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People

It is very significant – their songs about the oppressed people…. A race who can sing these songs like that will cause trouble one of these days.

I love how music and chants were used in the Civil Rights movement to help people keep marching. How songs were both a balm and a call to action.

The first impulse of a great number of civilized musicians... is to protest ourdeclaration that the music in Hungary belongs to the Gypsies.

This ain't rock 'n' roll. This is genocide!

Now, the band that inspired that great saying, "Stop The Music!!"