To me, the real ‘state of the union’ is found in how Americans react to current events.
I’m disappointed by bands left and right, every day.
My unconditional sure thing is that I don’t have one.
Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.
Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say ‘no’ to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.
You might as well enjoy the day – you never know when and how painfully it could all end.
Have you ever heard the expression ‘one hot mess?’ I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.
I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it’s always good to be back.
I don’t really have any women in my life, actually those two – the women in my life are two married women who work at my office.
Too bad that Paul Ryan confessed to being a fan of Rage Against The Machine. By doing so, he not only begged for a bucketing by many of their fans but actually got one from the band’s guitar player, Tom Morello.
Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold that can literally kill you is quite a different thing.
With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.
I’d like to be a better writer, but I have no dreams to direct or do a screenplay. And I’d love to have a big starring role in a movie because the paycheck would be bigger. That’s the only reason I do films.
With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad.
Young, gay and stuck in Arkansas? Sounds like a horror flick.
I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions.
I don’t consider myself an actor, for me it’s employment. Like the actor who’s a waiter a lot, I’m an actor when I’m not on tour, in that that’s a job I can do.
I am afforded a bit of easy wonderment in relative comfort as to how humans have lasted so long. Climate- and geography-wise, the planet seems to have little use for us.
Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?
I lay off a lot modern fiction and only rely on living writers for non-fiction work.