I Bought All My Friends Guitars And

My Parents Both Were Doing The Civil Rights Movement, Were Very Involved With The Civil Rights To Congress. And My Friends' Parents Were As Well.

Of Course, I Have A Different Vested Interest In The Gay Community, Because I Am Gay, And I Would Certainly Enjoy The Tax Advantages That Straight People Have, And The Inheritance Advantages, And Things Like Social Security, But I've Always Been A Civil Rights Advocate Across The Board. That's How I Was Raised.

Artists Are Taught To Be Humble About Their Impact, Especially In Folk Music. It's So Ingrained That I Have A Hard Time Even Thinking I Had Any Impact Other Than What A Normal Hit Song Would Have.

I Think I Grew Up, Stopped Worrying About What People Thought Of Me, And Whether Things Were Going To Turn Out Ok. I'm Concentrating On Doing The Best Work I Can Do And Letting It Go At That.

I Bought All My Friends Guitars And I Had A Good Time With My Money. But Then One Day The Irs Came Knocking.