I'm Not A Pacifist. I Feel That

Like A Stone On The Surface Of A Still River Driving The Ripples On Forever Redemption Rips Through The Surface Of Time In The Cry Of A Tiny Babe.

The Trouble With Normal Is It Always Gets Worse, Fashionable Fascism Dominates The Scene.

We All Grow Up With Anger. It's Part Of The Human Condition. But What Do You Do With That? It Seems Obvious To Me That You've Got To Use It For Something, But You Have To Separate It From Your Ego.

Here's Iraq, Where Irrigation Was Invented, Where Law Was Invented, Where Writing Was Invented. All These Things That We Consider Necessities Of Civilization Started There. And The People Who Live There Damn Well Know That.

I Always Write The Lyrics First. There Are One Or Two Exceptions Over The Years, But That's Pretty Much The Way It's Been. The Process Of Applying Music To Words Is A Bit Like Scoring A Film. You've Got Imagery.