For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin.
Is your perception of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' so shallow that it's violated by dancing raisins?
Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from the problems that are there, but to face up to them , but at the same time sort of DANCE ALL OVER THEM. That's what rock and roll is about.
The day you open your mind to music, you're halfway to opening your mind to life.
Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way.
Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them
Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations, acquisitive ideologies of wealth, a deeply rooted class system and policies which serve privilege in the short term and destroy society in the long term.
The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.
With all the imperfections of our present government, it is without comparison the best existing, or that ever did exist.
When we are asleep, we are all equal.
I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party.