I Find A Therapy In Playing Music,

We Give The Podium To A Lot Of People Who Shouldn't Have The Podium. The Message That's Delivered The Loudest And In The Most Entertaining Way Is The One That We're Going To Put On Because That's What We Want. We Want Ratings More Than We Want To Deliver Information. That's Just Where The Culture's Gotten.

A Lot Of The Time, I Write A Lot Of Angry Stuff, But Then I Don't Want To Be A Finger-pointer - I'd Rather Be A Cheerleader Than A Judge. I Don't Want To Preach As If I'm In Some Position Of Righteousness, But I Do Want To Speak My Mind And Scream At The Clouds And Shout Out Of The Pit Of Hopelessness That I Sometimes Think The Human Race Is In.

Everyday Should Be A Good Day To Die

I Hope That Just What I Sing About And How I Relate To My Audience Is As Much Of A Political Statement As I Need To Make.

I Know I Have A Very Unusual Style Of Playing, Where Other More Recognized And Technically Proficient Players Might Look At Me And Wonder What The Heck I'm Doing. The Purpose Of My Learning To Play The Way I Do Was More To Accompany My Singing. I Figured Out A Style Where I'm Mentally Playing The Drums Over A Simple Melody.