And I'm Wondering Where The Lions Are.

Politics Is A Part Of Life And Art Is About Life. It Doesn't Mean That All The Art Has To Be About Politics - In Fact, Heaven Forbid. But Politics Is A Totally Legitimate Area Of Focus For Any Art, Whether It's Painting Or Songwriting Or Anything Else, As Much As Sex Is, As Much As Spirituality Is, As Much As Any Other Behavior Of People Is.

If I Try To Understand What It Means To Be A Christian, I Look At The Two Instructions That Were Given In The Bible That Are Paramount, And Those Are To Love God With All Your Heart And Mind, And To Love Your Neighbor As Yourself. That's It.

Music Itself Isn't Enough To Completely Wear Down My Stash Of Anger. And I Don't Have All That Much More To Be Angry About Than Anyone Else. It's Not Like I Was Abused As A Kid Or Anything. I Had A Pretty Comfortable Childhood With Parents Who Took Good Care Of Me. But Resentment Exists, And Some Of It Goes Into The Music. Some Of It Goes Into Physical Activity.

I Did A Lot Of Writing For A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Bands That I Was In And Out Of During Those Five Years And That Left Me With A Little Body Of Songs That I Liked Better When I Played Alone, So I Ended Up Going Out Solo And Very Soon Made My First Album.

I Wear My Shadows Where They're Harder To See, But They Follow Me Everywhere. I Guess That Should Tell Me I'm Traveling Toward Light.