Phil Ochs
In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.
-Phil Ochs
beauty
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.
-Phil Ochs
hope
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.
-Phil Ochs
poetry
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
religion
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