I'm An Artist And I Get Very

I Think Art Is Inherently Nonviolent And It Actually Occupies Your Mind With Creation Rather Than Destruction.

I've Been Vegetarian Since The 80s And, Lately, Even Vegan. And I Once Happened To Witness The Slaughter Of A Cow. What Atrocity Must Undergo An Animal To Satisfy The Appetite Of Those Fat Men Who Eat Hamburgers!

That's A Spiritual Lifestyle, Being Willing To Admit That You Don't Know Everything And That You Were Wrong About Some Things. It's About Making A List Of All The People You've Harmed, Either Emotionally Or Physically Or Financially, And Going Back And Making Amends. That's A Spiritual Lifestyle. It's Not A Fluffy Ethereal Concept.

Death By Evaporation. May The Saltwater Wind That Gets Shot Out Of A Barreling Wave Blow Me Away Like An Old Puffy Dandelion Into The Sky.

...for The First Time In My Life, A Voice Went Off In My Head:'you Have No Power Over What Happens In Your Life. Drugs Dictate Exactly What You're Going To Do. You've Taken Your Hands Off The Steering Wheel, And You're Going Wherever The Drug World Takes You.' That Had Never Changed. The Feeling Would Well Up Inside Of Me, And No Matter How Much I Loved My Girl Or My Band Or My Friends Or My Family, When That Siren Song 'go Get High Now' Started Playing In My Head, I Was Off.