I've Always Believed The New Left Is

Realizing That Life Is Precious The Natural Tendency Is To Trample On It, Like Laughing At A Funeral.

I've Always Believed The New Left Is Rank.

. . . Rock And Roll, As I See It, Is The Ultimate Populist Art Form, Democracy In Action, Because It's True: Anybody Can Do It.

Look At It This Way: There Are Many Here Among Us For Whom The Life Force Is Best Represented By The Livid Twitching Of One Tortured Nerve, Or Even A Full-scale Anxiety Attack. I Do Not Subscribe To This Point Of View 100 Percent, But I Understand It, Have Lived It. Thus The Shriek, The Caterwaul, The Chainsaw Gnarlgnashing, The Yowl And The Whizz That Decapitates May Be Reheard By The Adventurous Or Emotionally Damaged As Mellifluous Bursts Of Unarguable Affirmation.

The Real Question Is What To Live For. And I Can't Answer It. Except Another One Of Your Records. And Another Chance For Me To Write. Art For Art's Sake, Corny As That Sounds.