I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
“Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.”
“Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.”