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I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred.

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I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?

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I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

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I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians.

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I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.

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If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to.

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In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.

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It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

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My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material.

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Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 7th, 1951

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