"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."
-Phil Ochs
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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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"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."
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"How sweet it is!"
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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
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"It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week."
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