No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move..

Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things….

I don't have many friends so the phone doesn't ring and no one's asking me to go out and go dancing with them..

I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out..

Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby..

Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors..

I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I….

I'm a big Germs fan; most people are..

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement..

That's where the economy is going. It went somewhere. Just not to America. And the money made? That went to the Cayman Islands and Switzerland. Not b….

But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work..

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper..

I do my best to limit the amount of compromise in my life so I have more time to do what I want. Not hanging out with many people really helps. I am ….

I have watched independent record stores evaporate all over America and Europe. That's why I go into as many as I can and buy records whenever possib….

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much..

The destructive power of a lie is stronger than the truth..

I'm a liar. I'll rip your mind up. I'll burn your soul, I'll turn you in to me..

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel..

In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song..

Change is hard, but change is good..

I'd love to talk to Janeane Garafalo or Randi Rhodes or Stephanie Miller from Air America. I'm an Air American junkie; I listen to them every day..