There's an edge to real rock 'n' roll. It's all that matters.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

The punches came fast and hard, lying on my back in the school yard.

I started writing "Peace Trail" here in Colorado, then I went back to California. I had a few other tunes going around in my head, so I had a couple of them finished after a few days and then I wanted to go into the studio.

With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next verse. I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

All the things I used to count on to get my music out there - record companies, they're all gone. And radio stations, they're gone - they're completely controlled by the government. If they're not controlled by the government, they're controlled by a programmer who's controlled by the government. Mainstream radio is suspect. You can't trust it.