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Tom Morello Quotes

American - Musician | May 30, 1964 -

When I moved to Hollywood, I was expecting it to be this Mecca of extraordinarily talented musicians, and it was instead the era of Faster Pussycat and bands that had an appeal, but I couldn't do anything like that. There's nothing in my being that can do anything like that.

Musicians Hollywood Nothing Anything

I grew up on misogynist, devil-worshipping heavy metal music, and then it was groups like The Clash and Public Enemy that reminded me that there were a different set of ideas that could be expressed with great music.

Music Great Me Ideas Enemy Heavy

I am not the least bit surprised that injustice persists. I'm also not surprised that resistance to injustice persists.

I Am Injustice Resistance Surprised

When you pick up a guitar, you don't put down your First Amendment rights.

Guitar You Down First Amendment Up

With guitar, I'd always mixed more sounds that occur in hip-hop, or occur on Crystal Method records, or occur at the zoo - so I've never been sort of tethered or have limited myself to the traditional rock n' roll vocabulary.

Myself Guitar Zoo Hip-Hop Rock More

My one wish for humanity is that everyone can become the person they were meant to be - what are the barriers to that? Often it's crushing poverty or certain circumstances.

Wish Poverty Humanity Person Become

My music is - there's no litmus test, there's no political litmus test for listening to it - but I am never going to compromise one iota to satisfy with someone who's uncomfortable with the ideas I feel in my heart.

Music Heart I Am Ideas Listening

Progressive, radical, or even revolutionary change has always come from below.

Change Always Progressive Radical

As a guitar player, I've been influenced by dance music - it was Crystal Method and The Prodigy back in the day. I would listen to those textures and try to approximate them on the electric guitar.

Music Day Dance Guitar Back Try

Racism is a problem, economic inequality is a problem, not enough rock n' roll on the radio is a problem. But all those problems will become insignificant when the oceans rise in a way that threatens organised human activity.

Racism Problems Problem Enough Rise

The system under which we live is owned and operated by people who do not deserve to run the world.

Live People World Run Deserve Who

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