“Today a black man was elected to be the president of America. The most powerful man in history is black. That’s something that fills my heart with joy and hope.”

Listen to Elbow

“People could easily say that politics doesn’t matter, that politics is a bunch of lies anyway. But I think it spreads into our cultures in general: When people are lying at high levels it becomes more and more acceptable to lie. We become more and more tolerant of lies, we almost expect people to lie.”

Listen to Chris Eckmann

“I’ve been to Africa recently. And you see the difference that it makes. It’s important to me, but I think it’s more important to them: The decision that I’ve made as myself consciously to be able to support fair trade where I can. That’s something I encourage you to do also.”

Listen to Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

“Make sure that Republicans and people like Bush never inherit the White House again: I hope that some of the things he has done can be undone.”

Listen to St. Vincent

“We were trying to get across the concept that history repeats itself and the human race doesn’t learn from its mistakes.”

Listen to iLiKETRAiNS

“Ich werde immer mehr Verschwörungstheoretiker. Früher als naiver Konsument konnte ich zum Beispiel nicht glauben, dass Titel von Musikzeitschriften käuflich sind. Ich dachte: Da gibt es doch Gesetze gegen.”

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