"Have I considered leaving the US?" says Jon Spencer. "No! I'm engaged. I'm keeping up on the news, attending protests. I play rock'n'roll, one of the genuine, true American art forms – that and jazz. And as someone who has dedicated their life to this most American of art forms, I’ll be fucking damned if these pricks can plate it with gold and call it something else.
"I am hopeful that a change is gonna come, if I can quote a better songwriter than me."