So it's not really whether you talk about politics, but how well were you able to do it. Peter Gabriel and Sting get away with it...U2...the examples are there, of people being able to carry these subjects in the music, and the audience is absolutely able to embrace subjects that aren't just the stuff they already know about. And they're actually able to learn stuff.
Jackson BrowneThe high ideals and promises you once dressed the future in are dancing in the embers with the wind.
Jackson BrowneBut when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere, suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear.
Jackson BrowneLike, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?
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