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.

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.

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.

I’m going to be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender.

We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.

Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.