A Virtue Never Tested Is No Virtue

What Happened On September 11 Wasn't The First Act Of War, It Was The Most Unspeakable Act Of Murder And Terrorism. But It Was Construed By A Very Small Group Of People - There Is No Army Out There In The Dark Waiting To Take Over America. It's Like Being Stung By A Bee And Going Out And Smashing Up A Beehive, And Thinking You've Solved The Problem. There Are More Beehives Out There; More Bees Will Come. But They're Bees. They're Not Grizzly Bears.

I'm Just Saying That We Need To Find A Better Way To Manifest The Broader Society's Aspirations, Politically. The Key To It Has To Be Some Sort Of Proportional Representation, Which Allows There To Be More Parties.

I Think If You're Going To Make Political Art, You Have To Engage At Some Level. You Can't Just Write About Politics, You Have To Try And Be Politics As Well.

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.

Being Spokesman For A Generation Is The Worst Job I Ever Had.