We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and I'm sure he was working on the lyrics right up to the show because they were really relevant for the situation.

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.

We have to move beyond the grainy black-and-white approach of blaming lyrics. We need to move forward and apply full-spectrum, high-definition solutions to the challenges facing our nation.