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

The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.

Trayvon Martin did not need to die.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.

I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White men are afraid of you. White women are afraid of you. The cops hate you. The government wants you dead. Your own people want to shoot you for what you got. You just can't get over it. And even if you are able to get over it you're forced to do it on the white guy's terms.

Where there is young people and vitality, you're going to find punk rock.