Since The Early '80s, I've

Wave The Flag, Wave The Bible, Wave Your Sex Or Your Business Degree, Whatever You Want, Just Don't Wave That Thing At Me.

I Wanted To Play Rock And Roll When I Started Playing. Nobody At That Time Ever Thought About Songwriting. You Sang Songs, That's All. You Sang Other People's Songs. That's All There Were.

Music Itself Isn't Enough To Completely Wear Down My Stash Of Anger. And I Don't Have All That Much More To Be Angry About Than Anyone Else. It's Not Like I Was Abused As A Kid Or Anything. I Had A Pretty Comfortable Childhood With Parents Who Took Good Care Of Me. But Resentment Exists, And Some Of It Goes Into The Music. Some Of It Goes Into Physical Activity.

Almost All The Military Personnel Were Wearing Sunglasses. No Iraqis Wear Sunglasses. They Really Want To See Your Eyes. So Immediately They Can't Trust The Americans.

I'm Not A Pacifist. I Feel That There Are Situations Where Fighting Is Inescapable, But We Don't Go Looking For Those Things.