A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right.

The truest protest is beauty.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.