Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, teacher, and activist. Read full biography of Holly Near →
White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.
You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.
I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.
When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.
Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.
People love to hear the mistakes you've made.
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.
Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to... →
If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.
It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.
Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.
My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.
Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, teacher, and activist.