Tom Morello Quotes

We offer a stark contrast to the bland escapism that chokes the charts, — Tom Morello

My parents met in Kenya. My father is African, is Kenyan. The Kenyan side of my family was involved in the anti-colonial movement. — Tom Morello

Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to find out what's really there. — Tom Morello

You can kiss my Kiss-loving ass because Kiss was never a critic's band. It was a people's band. — Tom Morello

Being a musician is a given for me-I didn't have much choice in the matter. — Tom Morello

If you want to change the world right now, it's not so much a secret how you do it. You put the secrets of a criminal government on the Internet. — Tom Morello

In the stories we tell ourselves, we tell ourselves. — Michael Martone

The skin you're in makes choices for you. — Tom Morello

I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders. — Tom Morello

Poverty is curable, but it's just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on humanity. — Tom Morello

The NAACP was even considering earlier this summer reassessing their position on school integration. — Tom Joyner

I've always been on a personal mission to save the guitar. — Tom Morello

The problem is not cop killers ... it's killer cops. — Tom Morello

There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist. — Tom Morello

Sacrifice and neon lights slave ships don't wait. Love many, trust few, and don't be late — Tom Morello

I don't believe the truth will ever be known, and I have a great contempt for history. — George Mead

When Tom Morello picks up the guitar, I'm sure what he sees is totally different from what I do, but I love the way he plays. — Joe Perry

In my own way, I was a rebellious kid. — Tom Morello

The most powerful music is music with purpose. — Tom Morello

We've been able to have our cake and eat it, too. Every song, every T-shirt, is absolutely a pure expression of what we want to do. And it connects. — Tom Morello

When women's true history shall have been written, her part in the upbuilding of this nation will astound the world. — Abigail Scott Duniway

Tonight, it's the rock and roll all night and party every day hall of fame — Tom Morello

My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves. — Tom Morello

Always question the authority. — Tom Morello

Of course, music is an art form, and it's not all that competitive. But we don't ever intend to be the second-best band on a stage at any show. — Tom Morello

Your two guardian angels are always with you. The other angels come and go as we need them. — Doreen Virtue

I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago. — Tom Morello

In a world of bands called Limp Bizkit and Hoobastank, Electric Sheep rolls off the tongue like a Shakespearean love sonnet. Leave me alone. — Tom Morello

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop. — Tom Morello

A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth, — Tom Morello

Her tears were not for public consumption, she used to say. (216) — Fadia Faqir

I came late to the genre of folk music. — Tom Morello

When you wanna rock hard, children, lean on F#. — Tom Morello

Why should I resent it when an ass kicks me? — Socrates

Amazingly talented singer who sang like an angry angel — Tom Morello

I'd say that one area where my political views have remained unchanged is that, I am opposed to the government spying on everybody. — Tom Morello