I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character, so the character gives voice to something or their story, the story of the character tells you something, but, for me anyway, it's really hard to write directly about politics.
![I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character, so the character gives voice to something or their story, the story of the character tells you](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/david-byrne/i-think-its-really-hard-to-make-songs-that-pursue-an-agenda-you-can-kind-of-do-it-a-little.jpg)