A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

I went to Sirius Satellite Radio and did my show, Rapping With Rip.

I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it.