A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit
source: Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.
topic: Song, Mistake, Bullshit, Protest Songs

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.
source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
topic: Song, Writing, Natural, Protest Songs

source: Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.182, Schocken
topic: Freedom, Philosophy, Military, Justice And Injustice, Injustice In The World
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.
topic: Inspirational, Life, Music, Jamaican Music, Individual Rights
source: "Four Protest Songs". www.newyorker.com. October 8, 2012.
topic: Song, Nice, Giving, Sociable, Protest Songs
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.
topic: Song, Writing, Protest, Protest Songs
source: "George Clooney on Good Night and Good Luck". Interview with Rob Nelson, www.motherjones.com. November 2005.
topic: Song, Growing Up, Rights, Protest Songs
topic: Song, Eye, People, Protest Songs
Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.
source: David Levithan (2008). “Wide Awake”, p.5, Knopf Books for Young Readers
topic: Song, Long, Form, Protest Songs
topic: Song, War, Thinking, Protest Songs, Happy Music
topic: Song, Self, Singing, Protest Songs
source: Source: www.thedailybeast.com
topic: Song, Wind, Careers, Protest Songs