Now, most people might reasonably say to me: “Well, it was Roger Waters. What did you expect?”Well, what *did* you expect? Waters has been an outspoken socialist his entire career. Yet he never appears on stage or in public without sporting one of his many Rolex watches. I am particularly fond of this nice Submariner.
At least Gilmore put his money where his mouth is and gave a huge chunk of his fortune away.
You're not alone though. Pearl Jam is one of my favorite bands but if someone punched Eddie Vedder in the mouth, I'd applause. And then I'd still go see them the next time they came to town.
Yeah. Problem was, I didn’t pay attention to that kind of thing. I was extremely political, but I tried to insulate my entertainment from my politics.
I wish I could still do it that way, but I can’t. Political considerations insinuate themselves into a lot of my decision-making nowadays. I get the impression that it bothers my wife, but God bless her, she understands me pretty well, and she knows what makes me tick. I think she understands that stuff is as much a part of me as my femur.