Quotes about "Environmental & Nature"

The folks that are suggesting Occupy move to electoral politics are ignoring history, ignoring what actually creates change. People get involved in electoral politics because they think there is no movement that can create change. ”

We're told, 'If you want to change the world, vote.' And really, if you want to change the world, there's a lot more things that you can do. ”

If the only time you bang the drum is when it's time to get someone elected, and you don't get involved in a mass movement, then you're working against real and substantive change. ”

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. ”

To be able to make a difference in one life is really what I'm all about. To make a change. ”

Music can change the world because it can change people. ”

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. ”

When I tour with the new album, I still do the classics, and I love the atmosphere it creates with the whole audience singing along. ”

In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that I could change the world. My major was African Studies, and my plan was to travel to Tanzania, where President Julius Nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism. ”

When my parents were like, 'We're going to the Northwest,' I thought, 'You've gotta be kidding me.' I was so depressed. The cold weather really did not agree with me. When I moved back down to L.A. at 16, I felt like it was home - it was where I belonged. ”