Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.

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.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.

The natural condition of the modern conservative movement is to always be in a state of revolution. Conservatives are, by definition, uncomfortable with power.

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots

Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do?

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

I think of myself as Special Forces, clearing the path for the infantry.

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

Sometimes wearing a mask is the best way to show our true selves.