The Problem Is Not Cop Killers...it's Killer

I Didn't Abandon My Studies. Because I Was, Through No - Clarify This. Through No Particular Genius Of My Own, I Was The First Person From Libertyville Public High School To Attend Harvard, Not Because I Was Smarter Than Anyone Or Better Than Anyone, But No One Had Ever Applied Before. It Was Like University Of Illinois, A Fine Institution, Was The Sort Of The Upper Echelon Of Places Where Kids Went From That School. And So I Felt Sort Of A Duty To Myself And My Peers To Continue With Those Studies, And To Continue To, Intellectually Arm Myself For My Coming Struggles.

I Have Another Name For What They're Terming Whistleblowers, And That's Righteous Heroes. From Bradley Manning To Snowden. They're People Of Conscience Who Are Unwilling To Turn A Blind Eye To The Crimes Of Our Government. And Thank Goodness For Them.

What Is Poverty, If Not Violence. Like, The Number Of People Who Die Every Year From Starvation And From Hunger And Poverty Is In The Tens Of Millions.

A Good Song Should Make You Wanna Tap Your Foot And Get With Your Girl. A Great Song Should Destroy Cops And Set Fire To The Suburbs. I'm Only Interested In Writing Great Songs.

What Draws People To The Instrument Is The Love For Guitar Players That Play A Certain Way. I Mean, Even Though It Wasn't Intentional, It Was Hard To Avoid Copying Eddie Van Halen. He Was Basically The *bleep* Back Then.