Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.
The hardest thing about Berlin is letting it belong to other people.
Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging onto, that we don't want to see further eroded.
Marriage equality is a very middle-class issue and voting rights is a very working-class issue. If you do not vote, who are you speaking for? Who will be the next Fannie Lou Hamer? If not you or someone you know, then who?
It's not true that voting doesn't make a difference. To check out is political suicide. This is especially true for our young black artists. You don't want to inadvertently end up doing someone's bidding.
I can see criticizing, complaining, protesting - anything but choosing not to vote. Too many people died for us not to vote.
