a blues people are on intimate terms with catastrophe. you wake up every day with a heart ache and heart break. for me, it s not new. for a whole lot of folk, indigenous people, working people, it s not new at all, but we are fortified. we re not just staying in the work, but we are staying fortified because we can make a difference, but we make a difference by doing what? telling the truth, truth allows suffering to speak, being sensitive to those who suffer, no matter what color m one of my critiques of my dear brother is you can t just talk about black people. be morally consistent. stay in contact with the humanity of everybody. that s indigenous people, la tee knows, gay brothers, lesbian sisters, bisexual trans, people around the road in africa, tel-aviv, gaza and so forth. you can t be tribal and narrow. you need the over arching vision, that s the tradition of israel. you listen to that love.