To Me, Music Is No Joke And

Columbia Heights Was A Poor, Messed Up Area, And The Church Was In The Middle Of It. What Happened Inside Was A Reflection Of The Community. I Actually Saw My First Rock Concert On The Altar Of That Church [st. Stephen's].

I Do Remember Seeing Godspell Or Jesus Christ Superstar, One Of Those. It Was A Liberation Theology Venue. Anything Radical Seemed To Be Accepted There. I Definitely Picked Up The Idea There That You Should Question Authority.

Now Anyone Can Move Anywhere. I've Made Deep Connections With People Around The World Since I Tour Everywhere That I Will Simply Never See Again.

You Had Bands Like D.o.a., Or Black Flag, And A Whole Network Opened Up To Trailblazer A Counter Culture Movement. I'm More Interested In The Less Sensational Type Of Stories.

People Ask Me: ‘what Is Punk? How Do You Define Punk?' Here's How I Define Punk: It's A Free Space. It Could Be Called Jazz. It Could Be Called Hip-hop. It Could Be Called Blues, Or Rock, Or Beat. It Could Be Called Techno. It's Just A New Idea. For Me, It Was Punk Rock. That Was My Entrance To This Idea Of The New Ideas Being Able To Be Presented In An Environment That Wasn't Being Dictated By A Profit Motive.