Libraries Are A Hallmark Of A Civilized

At The End Of The Day, If You Don't Have A Record Contract, A Studio Or A Guitar, You Can Still Write Songs. You're Still An Artist. That's Something No One Can Take Away.

That's An Amazing Moment, The First Time You Hear Yourself On Radio. It's Still Thrilling.

I Think All Of Us Thought That By The '70s, At The Latest The '80s, All The World's Problems Would Be Solved And Everyone Would Be Getting Along Fine. And Instead We Saw That Martin Luther King Jr. Was Assassinated That Year, Robert F. Kennedy Died. We Saw That It Was Going To Be A Lot More Difficult Than I Think We Had Thought.

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.

I Learned The Truth At Seventeen, That Love Was Meant For Beauty Queens, And High School Girls With Clear Skinned Smiles, Who Married Young And Then Retired.