Protest Songs Quotes

• Una canción protesta es una canción tan específica que no se puede confundir con una gilipollez.

  Phil Ochs

  Song, Mistake, Bullshit

  Notas para el álbum recopilatorio "The Broadside Tapes 1" de Phil Ochs, 1989.

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• It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

  David Sylvian

  Song, Writing, Natural

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Puede haber momentos en los que seamos impotentes para impedir la injusticia, pero nunca debe haber un momento en el que dejemos de protestar.

  Elie Wiesel

  Libertad, Filosofía, Militar

  Elie Wiesel (2011). "Del reino de la memoria: Reminiscencias", p.182, Schocken

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• Levántate, ponte de pie, Defiende tus derechos. Levántate, levántate, no abandones la lucha.

  Bob Marley

  Inspiración, Vida, Música

  "Get Up, Stand Up" (canción) (1973).

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• The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony.

  Nicholson Baker

  Song, Nice, Giving

  "Four Protest Songs". www.newyorker.com. October 8, 2012.

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• The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.

  Joan Baez

  Song, Writing, Protest

  "Joan Baez on the new protest era: The whole world's watching". Interview with Greg Kot, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 26, 2011.

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• En los años 60, cuando yo era niño, uno de los grandes elementos de la cultura estadounidense era la canción protesta. Había canciones sobre el movimiento por los derechos civiles, el movimiento por los derechos de la mujer, el movimiento contra la guerra. No era solo Bob Dylan, era todo el mundo en aquella época.

  George Clooney

  Song, Growing Up, Rights

  "George Clooney on Good Night and Good Luck". Interview with Rob Nelson, www.motherjones.com. November 2005.

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• Where have all the flowers gone

  Marlene Dietrich

  Nature, Flower, Gone

  Song: Where Have All the Flowers Gone

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• I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything.

  Conor Oberst

  Song, Eye, People

  "Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes". Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. December 11, 2007.

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• Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

  David Levithan

  Song, Long, Form

  David Levithan (2008). “Wide Awake”, p.5, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.

  Michael Franti

  Song, War, Thinking

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• I won't be indulging in anger anymore, vehemently and self-righteously singing protest songs, and expecting them to bring peace to me or anyone else.

  Susan Schneider

  Song, Self, Singing

  Fuente: thequietus.com

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• I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when he wrote his most famous "protest songs," like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin.'"

  Jay Michaelson

  Song, Wind, Careers

  Fuente: www.thedailybeast.com

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