I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.

My first visit to West Berlin was in February 1983. The drive through East Berlin, the fact that West Berlin was surrounded by a wall that was more than 100 miles long - the absurdity and intensity of it really knocked me out.

But can a song stop a war? If Bob Marley and Bob Dylan couldn't do it, it can't be done.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear.