Parents For Rock And Rap, founded in 1987 by Mary Morello in the United States is an anti-censorship campaign which focuses on campaigning for the importance of free speech in popular music. For the work that Mary Morello put in to this, she won a Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in 1996. The campaign mainly focused on opposition to the Parents Music Resource Center.
Mary Morello is also the mother of guitar player Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman, and Street Sweeper Social Club.
Famous quotes containing the words parents, rock and/or rap:
“Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce “better” children than they produced.”
—Judith Viorst (20th century)
“Margaret: Some people have life made for them.
Frank: That’s right, Mrs. Hammond, and some people make it for themselves. It’s about time you took that ton of rock off your shoulders.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“You killed me, Margo. I’m not taking the rap for you.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)