I've never really subscribed to the theory that repression breeds rebellion. I don't think that's really true.
I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest the year-round school schedule.
I've gotten stopped for reckless eyeballing, for staring too hard. These officers think they're Tarzan and this is a jungle, that all the animals need to be tamed.
A record is a commodity, but so is a hamburger. Just because I work at McDonald's doesn't mean I reap the benefits of that commodity. That's the reality with most artists in the record industry: They're getting paid a subsistence wage so they can keep producing a commodity for the record label.
Art can end up answering questions or asking questions. But when it's not connected to actual movements, it doesn't ask the right questions.
If people come to a record store, and they can't find your album, they buy something else.
