There is no gap between art and politics.

Music itself isn't enough to completely wear down my stash of anger. And I don't have all that much more to be angry about than anyone else. It's not like I was abused as a kid or anything. I had a pretty comfortable childhood with parents who took good care of me. But resentment exists, and some of it goes into the music. Some of it goes into physical activity.

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

I always write the lyrics first. There are one or two exceptions over the years, but that's pretty much the way it's been. The process of applying music to words is a bit like scoring a film. You've got imagery.

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

The trouble with normal is it only gets worse.

There are so many people I love in the United States, and I've had such great adventures in this country and have been so well received by people here.