Brook: Do you feel that music is a good way to express political feelings or statements?
howie: Absolutely. Music is a good way to express everything! But we humans are all political creatures – an artist’s politics are always in their music, whether they are explicit or implicit. Sometimes by saying nothing, you say something. A song is a great way to ask a question or point out something in a medium that can potentially reach many people, and help them see a new point of view or encourage them to hold their position, and know why they hold it. I express myself politically in the music I write – sometimes very clearly, sometimes in vague or disguised language.
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