"Why have I sold out? You think I'm supposed to grow old, beating some trite old protest drum that people don't hear anymore? Please; protest is now just a backdrop for a Diesel clothing ad in a slick fashion magazine. My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their world in a different way. It's time—for me, at least—to be clever and seduce people by entertaining them. I'll never be heard if I'm always ranting and griping."
January 1, 1970
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