"Phil truly loved people. He sang of their concerns; he remained accessible to them [...] Phil relished contact with his fans. Anyone was welcome backstage, and when he met with people, Phil didn’t give them the impression that they were part of a privileged audience. He would ask about what was on their minds..."
phil ochs + descriptors from there but for fortune: the life of phil ochs by michael schumacher
when I bought phil ochs greatest hits at the record store the guy was like “you do understand this isn’t a greatest hits album, right?” like. sir I am so acutely aware that he had no hits.