The Most Powerful Music Is Music With

I Didn't Choose To Be A Guitar Player. That Was Something That Felt Like It Was Chosen For Me. And With That Blessing And Curse, I, Throughout My Entire Career, It's Been My Job To Weave My Convictions Into My Vocation. And Whether I'm Standing In The Streets Of Chicago Or The Occupy Wall Street Or In Madison, Wisconsin, My Job Is To Steel The Backbone Of People On The Frontlines Of Social Justice Struggles, And To Put Wind In Sails Of Those Struggles. And People Who Are Fighting On A, On A Daily Basis, At A Grass Roots Level, For The Things That I Believe In.

Poverty Is Curable, But It’s Just Not Done, Because It's Not Profitable. And That Is The Kind Of Violence That's Perpetuated On Humanity.

Being A Musician Is A Given For Me-i Didn't Have Much Choice In The Matter.

You Can Kiss My Kiss-loving Ass Because Kiss Was Never A Critic's Band. It Was A People's Band.

Music, I Think, Is Best When It Honestly Explores Personal Demons, And It Stirs Around In The Silt Of The Psyche To Find Out What's Really There.