One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.
Phil Ochs Quotes
1940–1976 United States
Phil Ochs (19 December 1940 – 9 April 1976) was a folksinger active in the civil rights movement and in opposition to the Vietnam War.
- United States
- Activists
- Guitarists
- Singer-songwriters
Also known as: Ochs, Phil
36 quotes
Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.
God isn't dead — he's just missing in action.
The Broadside Tapes 1 (1960)
A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.
The Broadside Tapes 1 (1960)
In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion.
Call it peace or call it treason,
Call it love or call it reason,
But I ain't marching anymore!
Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
I know you're set for fighting, but what are you fighting for?
I for one don't even believe that he's president.
Article in the 22nd edition of the Broadside Magazine (1963)
Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.
Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.
The Broadside Tapes 1 (1960)
Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.
The Broadside Tapes 1 (1960)
The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.
The Broadside Tapes 1 (1960)
I'm gonna give all I've got to give
Cross my heart, and I hope to live.
Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
Now they sing out his praises on every distant shore
But so few remember what he was fightin' for...
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Phil Ochs (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.