You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You don't really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a little slice of life.

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Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

I love you when I forget about me.

I love you when I forget about me.

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm...

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best...

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best...

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by...

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by...

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money....

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money....

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me...

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me...