I Came Into This Whole Business By

I Never Met A Politician Who Didn't Want To Be A Guitar Player In A Rock Band. I've Got The Opportunity To Say What I Believe In.

We've Heard So Much About The American Dream: Well, Trump Is The American Nightmare Made Flesh. All The Things About 'the Ugly American' That We Worry About And Which The Americans See In Themselves, It's All Of That. This Is A Politics Of Egotistical Display.

What Happened On September 11 Wasn't The First Act Of War, It Was The Most Unspeakable Act Of Murder And Terrorism. But It Was Construed By A Very Small Group Of People - There Is No Army Out There In The Dark Waiting To Take Over America. It's Like Being Stung By A Bee And Going Out And Smashing Up A Beehive, And Thinking You've Solved The Problem. There Are More Beehives Out There; More Bees Will Come. But They're Bees. They're Not Grizzly Bears.

I Don't Mind Being Labeled As A Political Songwriter. I've Chosen To Do That. What Really Annoys Me Is Being Dismissed As A Political Songwriter. That Really Pains Me, Because Life Isn't All About Love; It's Not All About Politics, Either. It's A Beautiful Mixture Of Events That Absolutely Baffle You, And You Think, "why Can't I Do Something About That?", Whether Those Events Are In Your Bedroom, Or Out There In The Wide World. In Our Daily Lives We Engage With Them At Different Times, And I'm Trying To Write About The Whole Human Experience, Or My Perspective On It Anyway.

I'm Celebrating My Love For You With A Pint Of Beer And A New Tattoo