I'm Supposed To Make People Cry, But

I'll Never Believe That Americans Have Racticed In Our History Anything Close To The Purest Form Of Democracy Of The World. Because There Are Lots Of Democracies Around The World That Function Better Than Ours Does. It's Always Been That Way. There's Some Truth To The Idea That It's Rigged, But There Is A Way That It's Supposed To Work That.

Every Leap Forward That I Make Is By Reaching Back And Firmly Getting A Footing In The Past, And Pushing Forward As Hard As I Can.

You Make Decisions, And That's What Separates Art From Some Other Pop Music. It Doesn't Mean That You Can't Make An Embarrassing Amount Of Money, For A Borderline Marxist, Doing Something That You Love, But It Does Mean That This Huge Pool Of Money That Was Out There When I Started Making Records In The '80s Is Gone.

New Orleans Is A Unique Environment.

Becoming Interested In Poetics Got Me Interested In Theater. Theater Is Supposed To Be Poetry, You Know, Before It's Anything Else. It Just Doesn't Fly If It Isn't Musical.