If I Can Get Me Out Of

I Wasn't Raised To Not Write About Issues, And I'm Just Living In Really Politically Charged Times. You Know, I'd Rather Write Songs About Girls, But It's Just Hard To Do Right Now.

You Know, I'm Not Comfortable With People Whose Politics Are Static In A Democracy.

Like Most Kids, I Grew Up Singing 'this Land Is Your Land' In Grammar School, But With The Most Radical Verses Neatly Removed. This Was Before I Knew It Was A Woody Guthrie Song.

I'm Not A Racist, But I Do Have To Work At Not Being A Racist, Because Of Where I Grew Up.

Fundamentalism, As Practiced By The Taliban, Is The Enemy Of Real Thought, And Religion, Too.