In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by the way of dispossession.
All new money is made through the shifting of social classes and the dispossession of old classes.
I'm not beholden to the public, and neither are the public beholden to me or my songs. I'm very much of a populist on those terms, I believe that the song is no longer mine anyway. I like to process the dispossession that happens when you play something live. I don't have a clue as to how these songs are going to plan out, whether they're going to be on a record. I don't know yet.
Love and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession.
Many of the situations that we've talked about whether it's the San Carlos, whether it's the Navajo fighting for their land rights or fighting to develop their land to try and provide decent jobs on the reservation. The backdrop to all that, the reason that we have those battles is that history of dispossession. The story isn't over for American-Indians. You know, how can you give away a sacred land? You know, how could any tribal member think about giving away something that means so much to the tribe?
