I try to be realistic about it. I’ve never had people come up to me and say, ‘I didn’t believe in that until I heard your music.’ Usually they’re like, ‘That’s how I feel too.’ I would love to be able to write a song to save the world, but I’m not converting anybody: it’s preaching to the choir. But the choir needs preaching to.

Many people in this country have paid the price before me and many will pay the price after me.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

Well, I'd say that I'm actually optimistic about the future of our country. That's not a sentiment most people share today. Especially on the Right, it's increasingly common to feel pessimistic about America. You know, to be 'blackpilled', as they say online. And it's understandable – I too see all the chaos and destruction this Regime is inflicting on our country and the American people. But I really do believe that we can get the pendulum to swing back our way, that we can win this fight and rebuild America. That's why I'm running for office.

I am personally passionate and anal about non-negotiables. If those needs aren't met, I quit. Life is too short to play-act if you don't have to.

I wish I had known how to “manage up.” I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that.