Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.
White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.
Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.
Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.