There's a commonality there, a common denominator culturally,

The common denominator is a love of music.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.

Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.

With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect through rock music - you can't do that in jazz. You can't do that with classical.