There is no gap between art and politics.

Abu Ghraib, as bad as it was, can't be compared to what Saddam was doing to people.

But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.

Sometimes I catch myself doing something that I've already done. The more I've done, the more that's likely to happen. Then I just throw it away. I wait until I've got the right way of getting a thing done, which means my songwriting proceeds at a very slow pace. But it's the only way I can really work.

If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in the Bible that are paramount, and those are to love God with all your heart and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's it.

Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.