I have heard your words and your disappointment, and I offer you a heart-felt apology to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice.

Probably having fallen in love with music and movies at a young age and then first learning about writing by kind of following the path of writers like Dave Marsh and Lester Bangs and being a rock journalist.

Optimism is a revolutionary act

I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me.

We tried to present an emotional scrapbook of what it felt like to be a band member on this 20-year journey.

Take it from your own life, write what you believe in.

Many people don't have an outlet for their feelings or how they can express life and not everybody in a relationship is the kind of person who wants to. But if you can write, you can find a good way to do it.