The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.

Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.

There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.

Empires are doomed. They become more diffuse, more broke, demagogues rule, and so I was just pointing out some similarities between past empires and what's going on right now. They all have had to apply more and more harsh rhetoric of superiority and divine right to justify the building of hegemony.

I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.

I have a sordid past.

Just like my career, I've sung the same songs night after night in so many ways. It's always different because every space is different. I lost my mojo once. It was like Austin Powers. I don't know why or how, but I had to get it back. And I did.