The thing I remember most about America is that it's silly. That can be quite a relief at times.
If we replaced all of our guns with chicken sandwiches it would end all war immediately.
I don't know why people called me Tom. My name is THUMB.
I'll drown my beliefs. To have you be in peace.
So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls things, and go on doing their own things.
I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.