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Phil Ochs Quotes & Sayings

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When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right. — Phil Ochs

If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics. — Andy Kershaw

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

The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles. — Phil Ochs

The only way to Cuba is with the CIA. — Phil Ochs

In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law. — Phil Ochs

You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold. — Phil Ochs

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

I like Hitler, jolly jolly Hitler. — Phil Ochs

I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame. — Phil Ochs

The painter paints his brushes blackThrough the canvas runs a crackPortrait of the pain never answers back. — Phil Ochs

If you ever get a war without blood and gore, well, I'll be the first to go. — Phil Ochs

I'm gonna give all I've got to giveCross my heart, and I hope to live. — Phil Ochs

Only as strong as our love for this land, only as tall as we stand. — Phil Ochs

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty. — Phil Ochs

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad. — Phil Ochs

I heard Pete Seeger records when I was a kid. I saw Bob Dylan when I was about 12. The first song I ever learned to play was a song by Phil Ochs. — Ketch Secor

Mother Goose is on the loose, stealing lines from Lenny Bruce. — Phil Ochs

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall. — Phil Ochs

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

The glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain. — Phil Ochs

So good to be alive when the eulogies are read. — Phil Ochs

Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath? — Phil Ochs

Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high. — Phil Ochs

success is an enemy to the losers of the day — Phil Ochs

The truest protest is beauty. — Phil Ochs

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? — Phil Ochs

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

God isn't dead--he's just missing in action. — Phil Ochs

Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality. — Phil Ochs

Some people never get their feet on the ground, They're either sitting in a chair or theyre laying down ... — Phil Ochs

Comfort his family with a telegram, we regret to inform you we lost a man, but we gave him the highest medal of the land. — Phil Ochs

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. — Phil Ochs

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

She's staring down her desires, while they're staring down her dress. — Phil Ochs

One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve. — Phil Ochs

Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend. — Phil Ochs

Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate. — Phil Ochs

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies. — Phil Ochs

The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader. — Phil Ochs

You can do what's right, or you can do what you are told. — Phil Ochs

The people who carried the burden, who marked in strange field in search of an answer, and ended their journeys an unwilling hero. — Phil Ochs

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