Okay, since y'all asked so nicely, here's the whole interview:

GENERAL PEACE QUESTIONS
> >
> >
> >
> > a) What is your definition of peace?
>
> >a temporary pause in fear and violence
> >
> >
> > b) How do you practice it?
>
> i don't
> >
> > c) Do you preach by example? E.g., do you buy cars
that run on low
> > energy....Do you live what you preach? Do you
vote?
>
> i drive a land shark....but i only drive it to the
liquor store
> which is one mile away
> and that's only twice a month ....
> my hope is that i don't preach....
> i want to live in accord with the way things are
> >
> >
> > d) How do you think we can make the world a better
place?
>
> i don't think we can....i think its perfect
> i prefer despair to hope........ ....i
think its kinder
> and wiser
> >
> >
> > CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE
> >
> > a) How do you feel about the war? How should we
approach it now that
> > we're there?
>
> war is failure
> there is no greater illusion than fear
> no greater wrong than preparing to defend
yourself
> no greater misfortune than having an enemy
> when two great powers collide it is the one
who knows how to
> yield
> that will be victorious
> i read all this in a book somewhere
> >
> >
> >
> > b) Do you feel there's a parallel to Vietnam?
> violence, even well intentioned, always
rebounds upon
> itself.
>
> i see parallels between vietnam,iraq. ..and
earthquakes, tsunamis, and
> hurricanes
> on my good days i shake my fist at the sky
> on my better days i don't make a fist at all
> >
> >
> >
> > c) Do you feel like your music itself has
changed as the
> > political
> > climate has gotten more intense?
> no......i open my heart and show people
what's in there
> for better or worse and every time i
do it it feels
> the same
> whether im singing about my wife, trains, or the
war.....
> >
> >
> >
> > ARTISTS AND ACTIVISM IN GENERAL
> >
> >
> >
> > a) Do you feel like artists have an obligation to
speak out about
> > these sorts of things?
> no.......i think obligations are
things you take on
> one person and one event at
a time
> if i said id be there ill be
there and if i'm
> not there
> i am wrong
> but i will allow no "unwritten
rule of thumb"
> into my life
> nor will i impose such a rule on
a friend or
> stranger
> >
> >
> >
> > b) Do you think doing so could or has hurt your
career?
> no.....john lennon and bob marley are the
only two people
> i ever heard
> sing out about something when there was more
in it for them
> to lose than gain career wise........ .especially
john
> lennon.....he' s really the only protest singer whose
bullshit i
> bought into....cuz he had so much to lose from it
> when tracy chapman sang..."if i had a fast car"
> i thought..... .soon enough honey, soon enough you
will
> and poverty will have only changed for one person
> tracy chapman
> >
> >
> > c) SUBSTANCE: There are a lot of people being
anti-...are they just
> > jumping on the bandwagon? It's definitely cool to
hate Bush...Do you
> > feel like these oppositions are substantive
enough? After the flash,
> > where's the substance?
>
> i never thought it was cool to hate anyone,
including bush.
> hatred is failure. there is no substance
> god or fate or whatever
> gave us a world that controls itself and a mind to
think we could
> change that
>
> i'm not gonna dump mans silly idea that he can do
things
> on george bush alone.
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > ARTISTS TODAY vs. YESTERDAY
> >
> >
> >
> > a) How do you feel about the way musicians today
are tackling larger
> > social issues? Do you feel they're saying enough?
>
> i think most people say to much, myself included
> larger social issues.....sounds like a come on
to me
> like later the indigo girls are gonna sing
> and i'm gonna have to write a check and get lectured
....ugh.....
> >
> >
> >
> > b) Do you feel there's a general laziness in
lyrics these days
> > vis-a-vis the artists of previous generations?
>
> i think rock music had its run already..... ..we
still do classical
> music, and we still write plays
> but those art forms had there day....i see rock
music like
> that.....there will always be rock music
> but its paris in the twenties phase is over (cept
for bobs modern
> times)
> elvis,chuck, mick,keith, bob,john, paul,jimi,
janis......zepplin, who,
> dead,
> >
> > c) Are there any issues in particular that you
think aren't
> > getting
> > enough play in music today?
>
> yes, the singer as "know it all" is seldom protested
by singers
> if adreinne young tells me what to eat one more time
i'm going on a
> hunger strike
> >
> >
> > d) What musicians—past or present—do you think
are good examples of
> > peaceful protesting through activism and music?
>
> dylan....give evil nothing to oppose and it will
disappear on its own.
> he didn't say that, but he lives it in my opinion
> he leads me by example.....
> steve earle is a guy who can do everything
> other singers do that disgusts me and not disgust
me....
> he reminds me of woody
> i think he never forgets that i'm there to be
entertained first..
> like a lot of people do......
> he preaches but he uses a shell game to do it
> i find that endearing
>
> >
> >
> >
> > GENERAL POPULATION TODAY vs. YESTERDAY
> >
> >
> >
> > a) What about the general public? DO THEY
SEEM COMPLACENT OR
> > ACTIVE TO
> > YOU? Do you feel they know the realities of the
war? How do you feel
> > their reaction and activism has been?
>
> i just realized that these questions keep making me
think of the
> tao te ching
> that's where most of my answers are coming from....
> i'm in to lack of action, stillness... ...when i want
something to
> shrink i try to first allow it to expand....
> the general public doesn't seem like anything to me
> i refuse to think of people as general or
public....
> and i see zero difference
> between activism and complacent.. ..
> i don't think there are knowable realities
of war either
> i have no interest in these arrogant ideas about
saving the world
> from anything
> what are democrats and republicans if not identical
?
> each wanting to lead, even if it means forcing the
other to follow
> democracy wont work.....government wont work.
> its temporary at best
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > b) THE YOUTH: Do you feel there's a problem
with "kids these
> > days"? Do you have faith in the youth of today?
>
> i have complete faith in the youth of today.....i
love kids these days
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > COLLECTIVE PEACE MOVEMENTS
> >
> >
> >
> > a) Is there a real YOUTH MOVEMENT going on?
Why or why not?
> > Compared
> > to previous generations? Is it an airplay issue? A
commercialism
> > issue? Or is the audience just numb?
>
> i cant answer this......not sure i understand this
question
> it feels like if there was something special
going on somewhere
> with more than one kid
> answering this question would just pile bullshit on
it
>
> >
> > b) Who do you feel is supposed to create the
COUNTER CULTURE to
> oppose
> > peace-disruption in this world?
>
> nobody...... .....
> >
> >
> > c) In what important ways do you think
musicians could unify
> > and have
> > their voices being heard collectively?
>
> if there are ways for this to happen
> i hope that nobody ever stumbles across them
>
> i don't share my opinions at my shows because i
think they are wise
> i share them because the rhyme
> and i don't share them to change minds
> but to ease my own
>
> i'm not saying i'm not going to stop and help people
> if and when i can
> as i pass through my time here
> i'm just saying that when i do stop to help someone
> or give individual strength to creating temporary
peace where there
> was chaos
> i'm not going to also stop and try to define my
involvement in what
> i'm doing
> i just want to do it
> if your ox is in a ditch and i'm walking by
> ill help you if you ask me to