"This is the stuff of life." -Archie Shepp

"I still believe in our democracy." -David Crosby

“This kind of theater can help us come up with some fresh proposals for how we want to live.” -Josh Krugman

“If we’re gonna go forward, we gotta take a look back and see where we’re all coming from.” -Alynda Segarra

"We're living in the age of inevitability." -Henry Rollins

“You’re more than the image that the media may portray of you.” -Kamasi Washington

“Is this a letter to the editor or is this a song?” -Anaïs Mitchell

“Why can’t we just have a conversation about this?” -Merrill Garbus

Featuring: Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards, Henry Rollins, Anaïs Mitchell, Kamasi Washington, Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff, Archie Shepp, David Crosby, Andrea Gibson, Richard Thompson, and Josh Krugman from Bread and Puppet Theater.