Social commentary Quotes

"Music is always a commentary on society" "The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout." "The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois" "We ain't thugs for the sake of just being thugs" "La Tortura is my political statement that's disguised as a pop song" "I'm always surprised when I see straight people in the West End. It's mighty expensive - what do straight people do on dates?" "Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy." "The price of the ticket is the metaphor that the child pays for the ticket into the white world, is his blackness." "Superstition is a great enemy of man, but bigotry is worse" "Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so" "There are no rights. There are only privileges." "Independence is middle-class blasphemy. We are all dependent " "The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot" "I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them" "Sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean."