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Better to accept the wretched truth than struggle, twisting to make a wish a reality.
Faith does help mourners survive their loss, some studies suggest; but i imagine one still struggles.
And after my mother's death i became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.
It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you (a) become really committed to winning, and (b) become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom.
I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. but i have friends in struggling up-and-coming bands now that will certainly never be able to pay the rent, because music has been devalued.
I didn't choose to be a guitar player. that was something that felt like it was chosen for me. and with that blessing and curse, i, throughout my entire career, it's been my job to weave my convictions into my vocation. and whether i'm standing in the streets of chicago or the occupy wall street or in madison, wisconsin, my job is to steel the backbone of people on the frontlines of social justice struggles, and to put wind in sails of those struggles. and people who are fighting on a, on a daily basis, at a grass roots level, for the things that i believe in.
I didn't abandon my studies. because i was, through no - clarify this. through no particular genius of my own, i was the first person from libertyville public high school to attend harvard, not because i was smarter than anyone or better than anyone, but no one had ever applied before. it was like university of illinois, a fine institution, was the sort of the upper echelon of places where kids went from that school. and so i felt sort of a duty to myself and my peers to continue with those studies, and to continue to, intellectually arm myself for my coming struggles.
In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights movement, workers' rights movement, women's rights movement. there's got to be songs at the barricades, and those are the kinds of songs that i try to write.
There's a unique component of music that is different from, the written pamphlet or a speech. there's something, when you get the right combination of rhythm, melody and the right lyrical couplet, that feels like truth in the reptilian brain. there's something hardwired in our d.n.a.. and when you get a large group of people singing together in solidarity, it's something that, in my experience, and i've played countless demonstrations and protests through the years, it's something that can really help a struggle.
My job is to steel the backbone of people on the frontlines of social justice struggles, and to put wind in sails of those struggles. and people who are fighting on a, on a daily basis, at a grass roots level.
Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. i disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.
I don't accept armed struggle. maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.
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