So it's not really whether you talk about politics, but how well were you able to do it. … - Jackson Browne

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My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.

Jackson Browne

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.

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Caught between the longing for love, and the struggle for the legal tender, where the sirens sing and the church bells ring, and the junk man pounds his fender. Where the veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light, and the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor.

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