Reporters always ask me if more artists should speak out about politics. I always say ummmmmm not necessarily.

It ain't for everybody. If you're more comfortable just making bops, do that. We need that in our lives too!

If you are going to speak out, try to do your homework. Read about it. Talk to activists and organizers and people impacted. Be open to evolution and changing your mind. Be intentional and strategic. And think about the impact of your words on the real lives of real people

Part of an artist's job is to imagine a different future. I appreciate the desire to break free from the strictures of the 2-party system in America, for instance. But you can't divorce that conversation from the real world implications of rooting for a futile 3rd party bid.

And the real world implications of electing (or reelecting) someone who doesn't know how to run the government are particularly urgent and impactful in the middle of a pandemic that's been so much more deadly due to an incompetent President

This is not merely an intellectual exercise. It's life and death.