"A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit"

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Source : Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.

Phil Ochs

#Song Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Bullshit Quotes

“Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.”
“Any politico who's afraid of his constituents being armed, should be. Leaders of the anti-gun movement (for the most part, politicians who enthusiastically advocate confiscatory taxation and government control of everything) realize that a populace is much easier to herd, loot and dispose of if it has been stripped of its weapons. The naked fraud and transparent fascism of victim disarmament must be eradicated through the repeal of all gun laws at every level of government.”
“Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.”
“She should get a divorce and settle down.”
“On playing Batman and his daughter: If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. My two older daughters could give a sh-t about Batman and they've now passed that affection onto my son. He's always like, 'Papa, can I watch Frozen?' And I'm like, 'No, dude, it's not on again!'.”
“I was an anti-communist before I was political in other ways.”

Source : "15 Questions with Grover G. Norquist". Interview with Rebecca F. Elliott, www.thecrimson.com. November 18, 2010.
“When you're older you want to learn from other people.”
“You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure itâ€™s the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment.”

Source : John Knowles (1969). “A separate peace”, Bantam Books, 1966

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