I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.
I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.
My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.
We've turned into a whining society.
All I can go on is my own value system.
I think God is the most unexplored territory in rock and roll music.