My Parents Didn't Hide Reality. I Watched

Looking Back, I Didn't Realize Until Years Later What A Huge Influence Red Skelton Was In My Stage Demeanor With The Band. I Mean, I Always Liked Things That Were Funny, And Later I Realized That Having A Sly Sense Of Humor Was A Way To Get Attention And Even Respect In School.

Punk Was Originally About Creating New, Important, Energetic Music That Would Hopefully Threaten The Status Quo And The Stupidity Of The 1970s.

You've Got To Have An Ego As Big As Mars To Want To Think That You, Of All People, Are Better Than Anyone Else To Be President Of The United States. People That Vain, They Want Their Place In History, And They Want To Be Able To Control How Much They'll Be Worshipped By Future Generations.

Growing Up In A Family That Listened To Almost Nothing But Classical Music Had Its Effects, As Well. "california Über Alles," The First Dead Kennedys Single, Was Inspired Musically More By Japanese Kabuki Than Anything Else.

News Footage Came On The Tv During Dinner Of Bloody Bodies Coming Back From Battle In Vietnam, Or The Race Riots In The South, People Getting Hosed In Selma, Alabama, Or The Biafra War, Where I Got My Name. In My Household, It Was Explained And Discussed With The Children, As A Way Of Educating Us From When We First Started Grade School Why Racism And War Were Wrong, What This All Really Means.