Quotes About Activism

I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.

I was very active in the peace movement, still am.

The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.

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

Movements live on a day-to-day basis.

Movements don't die, because struggle doesn't die.

I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have done very little work on themselves.

I didn't know of any homophile movements pre-Stonewall.

I love TV, I love writing, but I love movements more.

Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to Shirley Chisholm to Malcolm X and Harry Belafonte. We know this is our legacy.

Art can end up answering questions or asking questions. But when it's not connected to actual movements, it doesn't ask the right questions.

Movements like Time's Up and #MeToo are putting the problems out there and creating conversations about the issues, and that's really how the healing process starts.

Social media can be very effective in creating movements. In the beginning, that is how I first got attention.

Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time. But what made him even greater was what he did outside the ring.

I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum.

This is the kind of stuff me and my friends talk about. We sit around and drink coffee, and we're really angry: We're like, 'Where's the Latino Museum?' Where can we go with our families, where can we go with our friends to learn about our history?

The music industry is not set up well at all, environmentally. But I sing about what I feel, and I'm very inspired by activists and friends that I get to connect with.

What I wanted to do is put forth, musically, the idea that there's hope that we can change the system.

I think one of the reasons that Arch Enemy gels so well as people and musically is because we all share very similar values when it comes to human rights, animal rights... even politics, religion.

Music has always been my first love, and I appreciate how a great musician can bring awareness to tough issues through their work.

Being a musician doesn't take away your right as a citizen to speak your mind.

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world.

My friend Harry Belafonte is an activist and musician, an extraordinary man who has dedicated his life to human rights. He taught me the power of words and that music can be used to heal and educate people.