Vocalizing Opinions Quotes

I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.

I am no longer afraid to say anything.

I can't afford to be quiet all the time. I learned that.

Shut up and say something.

I don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools.

I want to put out music I really believe in, and when I felt that was threatened, I lashed out at everybody.

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.

I don't mind people writing about me. Personal attacks are different, but political arguments? I'm putting myself out there on a daily basis. I'm giving my opinion. So it only makes sense that others might differ and will criticize me.

I am a really passive person to begin with so I have written a lot of pretty crappy songs with strangers because I let it go in a direction that I didn't feel it should have and I didn't know them well enough to speak up.

Sadly, I never really tell people what I think. So it's a real treat to play a woman who's able to speak her mind unabashedly.

Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.

My music is definitely very personal. The songs are about moments, snapshots of everyday life, and about having one's say, or at least feeling like one has had one's say.

I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.