Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.

Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

I think if you're going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can't just write about politics, you have to try and be politics as well.

If we think we're a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let's commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.

So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.

My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter.