You Measure Peace With Guns,

Do The Steps That You've Been Shown, By Everyone You've Ever Known, Until The Dance Becomes Your Very Own.

Make It On Your Own If You Think You Can.if You See Somewhere To Go, I Understand.

Self-discovery In Songwriting, Bringing Something Forth That's Instructive To Yourself - Some Of The Best Songs That You Will Ever Write Are The Ones Where You Didn't Have To Think About Any Of That Stuff, But Nonetheless That's What's Happening In The Song.

So It's Not Really Whether You Talk About Politics, But How Well Were You Able To Do It. Peter Gabriel And Sting Get Away With It...u2...the Examples Are There, Of People Being Able To Carry These Subjects In The Music, And The Audience Is Absolutely Able To Embrace Subjects That Aren't Just The Stuff They Already Know About. And They're Actually Able To Learn Stuff.

I Grew Up Reading Shakespeare And Mark Twain.