Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore

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.

...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. That’s why we’ve got to make sure we pass it on.

Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.

You don't get bored making an album.

Is there such a thing as a technically perfect swing? If there is, I have yet to see it.

Body image has nothing to do with scale numbers, it's how you feel inside.

There are scores of thousands of human insects who are ready at a moment's notice to reveal the Will of God on every possible subject

The smile made her want to hug him, and maybe love him up some more. Stupid smile.

Not merely a nation but a nation of nations.

Not everything is about beating your head against the wall until it breaks.” “Just most things.

I love that Jesus showed He cared while at the same time telling the truth.