To cure the violence, we must identify and heal the causes of hatred and violence. If we dont deal with the causes we will never be safe.

The songs worked as a different kind of rhetoric, one that could reach the fence-sitters.

The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn't change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation.

A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.

We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.

Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you're faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person.

Such times of crisis have inevitably brought 'music of conscience' to the fore and I expect we will be hearing more and more of it in the immediate future. When people feel empowered to come together and raise their voices, also will mean raising their voices in song as well.