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The reason I'm not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.

All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.

When I was younger, music was always there.

I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.

It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music.

Music was very influential on me as a kid.