born to be wild, just some of the great songs ever written. one of the appeals of easy rider was that young people, hippies, college students, draft resistors could see themselves on the screen. we represent them, man, somebody needs a haircut. what you represent to them is freedom. in easy rider, these guys are trying to break it oof the system but not quite being able to do it. don t ever tell anybody that they re not free because then they gone get real busy killing and maiming to prove to you that they are. so, it becomes a dark statement about america. it took dennis hopper and peter fonda to kind of pave the way for people like us to be accepted by hollywood.