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 MorelloI'd say that one area where my political views have remained unchanged is that, I am opposed to the government spying on everybody.
Tom MorelloThere's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist.
Tom MorelloIn America, we have freedom of choice. But some are free to choose between Lamborghini and Rolls Royce while others are free to choose which dumpster they're going to have their meal out of next. Some are free to choose which, you know, homes and farms to foreclosed on, while others choose which bridge they're going to sleep under tonight.
Tom Morello