Monday Musings: How involved should musicians get in politics?

Isn't it great when musicians step away from their chosen profession and choose instead to talk about the world around us and how we can fix it?

Uh... heh-heh...

No, but seriously, it's important for all people to become involved with their country and their world around them. So, that includes musicians, even if their methods are questionable. But how much should musicians get involved? When do they stop being musicians and start being politicians?

Well, in my opinion, there's no line between the two, and indeed, the two components can work together. That's because music is about feelings. And political feelings and opinions are part of what makes music work. Not only can music change opinions and emotions, it can help to change the world around us.

So, my answer to the question is that musicians should get involved with politics as much as they feel comfortable with. Of course, if every musician was overtly politically oriented, that would be a little boring and monotonous. But as long as we have a wide variety of different topics and feelings on those topics in music, then we can look forward to an interesting world in music. And an interesting world in politics.