In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights movement, workers' rights movement, women's rights movement. There's got to be songs at the barricades, and those are the kinds of songs that I try to write.
Tom MorelloCharles Manson loved the Beatles but didnโt understand them. Governor Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen but doesnโt understand him. And Paul Ryan is clueless about his favorite band, Rage Against the Machine.
Tom MorelloThe reason why many young people in the Vietnam War era were active was their lives were threatened by the draft and they were going to perhaps be forced to go overseas and fight in an immoral war.
Tom MorelloMy music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves.
Tom MorelloIn a world of bands called Limp Bizkit and Hoobastank, Electric Sheep rolls off the tongue like a Shakespearean love sonnet. Leave me alone.
Tom Morello