I've Had Songs Written During The Falklands

At Some Point In Your Life You Have To Engage With The Fact That You Are Part Of A Society. Yeah The Individual Is The Most Important Facet In Society But Unless Every Individual Is The Recipient Of Free Health Care, Free Education Decent Affordable Housing And A Proper Pension Then Only The Rich And Powerful Will Be Individuals And The Rest Of Us Will Be Exploited By Them.

There Are Quite A Few Honest Songwriters Out There Writing About Relationships And Their Own Personality Traits. But For Some Reason, Once They Step Out Of The Bedroom, Their Honesty Doesn't Seem To Come With Them.

But, In The End, Even A Song That's As Politically Bland As Blowin In The Wind, You Probably Wouldn't Get Up And Sing That Now, Whereas Some Of Bob Dylan's Love Songs That Were Contemporary With That, Like Say Girl From The North Country, You Can Still Get Up An Play Now.

Today, Rather Than Talk In Terms Of Ideology Or Ideas Like Socialism, I Think More Important Issues To Discuss Are Things Like Compassion And Accountability.

All Musicians Start Out With Ideals But Hanging On To Them In The Face Of Media Scrutiny Takes Real Integrity. Tougher Still Is To Live Up To The Ideals Of Your Dedicated Fans.