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

I don't have a wife, I don't have any kids, I don't have any addictions that keep me drooling on the couch, and I'm kind of target oriented.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

Now, if someone wants to spit on me, I just roll up the window of my BMW 540i.

If a slave were to raise his voice to his master, he risked all manner of punishment. Yet what was possible in many circumstances was to lift one's voice in song. This was a major ingredient in what is now known as blues and gospel. Slaves may have been regarded as subhuman by their cruel captors, but through music, they were proud and dignified.

I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.