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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.

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

I don't think music should be played anywhere near politics. The two don't go together.

Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

Let's get with it, guys: You don't need to hear a Ministry song to get political. You should be political on your own. We're just a side project to society. So do I care what people think about me personally? No. I just do what I do.

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

If I hadn't had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.

In America, there's more of the question, should music be political or should it just be for entertainment purposes, whereas around the world that's not even an issue. I think people just assume that music should be everything.