I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.
Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.
My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was on it.
Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.
My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into the same trap as me.
Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago.
If we don't continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.
There has been a banking crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis, a geostrategic crisis and an environmental crisis. That's considerable in a country that's used to being protected.
Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections.
Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.
Lady Bird Johnson did more than plant flowers in public places. She served the country superbly by planting environmental values in the minds of the nation's leaders and citizens.
By uploading 40 years of 'Ecologist' editions online, we will be creating the world's most extensive ecological archive. 'The Ecologist' will continue to set the environmental and political agenda here and abroad.
I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.
Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.
I enjoy every minute, because there are going to be a lot of moments in your future that you're going to wish you held onto longer.
The second album of Black Mages is currently in the process of recording and the basic tracks have already been completed. Hopefully sometime in the future we will be able to have a concert.
Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down.
I went to school for creative writing in college, and I wound up about six hours short of my degree.
Joe Oramas: Do they have clubs for you people? Finbar McBride: What? Joe Oramas: You know, for train watchers.
