So it's not really whether ...

So it's not really whether you talk about politics, but how well were you able to do it. Peter Gabriel and Sting get away with it...U2...the examples are there, of people being able to carry these subjects in the music, and the audience is absolutely able to embrace subjects that aren't just the stuff they already know about. And they're actually able to learn stuff.
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Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me, and one says she's a friend of mine.
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