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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselv

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song. – Phil Ochs

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And if theres any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if theres any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara. – Phil Ochs

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Even though you cant expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. Thats morality, thats religion. Thats art. Thats life. – Phil Ochs

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A poet can survive anything but a misprint. – Oscar Wilde

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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. – Mark Strand

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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. – Samuel Johnson

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