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

Phil Ochs

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Phil Ochs
Age: 35 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 19
Died: 1976
Died: April 9
Guitarist
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
El Paso
Texas
Philip David Ochs
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It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.
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Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore
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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.
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It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life.
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I like Hitler, jolly jolly Hitler.
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Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?
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Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate.
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One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.
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Some people never get their feet on the ground, They're either sitting in a chair or theyre laying down.
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Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside your home, And you tell me that you're ready to go marchin' to the war, I know you're set for fighting, but what are you fighting for?
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I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.
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The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader.
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I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current events and what is going on in the news. You can call them topical songs, songs about the news, and then developing into more philosophical songs later.
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Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by another name?
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One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.
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Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.
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Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.
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In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.
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God isn't dead - he's just missing in action.
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