81 Quotes by Phil Ochs

Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.

In the town of Bethlehem many years ago, a man got religion and he changed the status quo.

The truest protest is beauty.

Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate.

God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail.

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