And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm goneAnd I can't question how or when or why when I'm goneCan't live proud enough to die when I'm goneSo I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.

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

America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

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

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.

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

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

The truest protest is beauty.

When you praise God in pain, it is preparing you for provision.

Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes.

When you're young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, 'This is totally the truth', 'cos you don't know any difference, so there's a real confidence in your way of thinking.

Today is tax day. A lot of people are hoping they get refunds. And that's just the folks here in the audience.

Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives.

The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded.

We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.

Art is not great. Music is not great. It's just that they tickle us. When one steadfastly refuses greatness - then and then only can the wonderful thing we call art be created.

There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.