Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate.

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.

We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.

Every day you should wake up with the excitement in knowing that God’s plans for you are far greater than your dreams for yourself. The best is yet to come!

Dress the part! Invent and pretend to your heart’s content! Act, sing, and dance while everyone’s watching! The world’s a stage, remember?

Fashion is a completely international business.

I instinctively want to create pop songs and I think it's really good to challenge that, otherwise it becomes a habit.

If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.

It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business: and gives in the long run a net result of zero.

Making art is nothing but risk, always. If it's not risk, it's no good.

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember