I'm gonna give all I've got to giveCross my heart, and I hope to live.

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.

I am the queen of mediocre, the king of nothingness

Is my victory real, does the winner adorned with a laurel wreath ask this question? Do I deserve victory or did I steal it from someone who is more worthy of victory?

Our first stage of existence is truly honored by the magnificent view of our destination.

Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.

Decency requires that when a programme is approved by the majority, all should carry it out faithfully.

It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as hope.

I gotta think that one that becomes a philosophy of work, which is "no excuses."

Male initiation does not move toward machoism; on the contrary, it moves toward achieving a cultivated heart before we die.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.

We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are.