lifeblood: songs: backgrounds: little revolution

amy ray quote from 2012-02-24: lung of love: a conversation with amy ray, the huffington post

mr: with "little revolution," what's that revolution in your heart all about?

ar: that song is just about trying to remain vibrant and vital in life as you move through and things change, and constantly being willing to stay open to new inspiration and people, new music, whatever it is that keeps you going. i think i was just trying to write myself a song to encourage me - like a pep rally song - to keep going on sometimes. a lot of times, there are people that are a source of that for me - people that are in my life, loved ones or friends, or musical inspirations, or neighbors or the kids that are out in the street to piss you off but are alive at the same time, you know? you see yourself in them sometimes. that's that song, like a little poppy song.

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amy ray quote from 2012-08-31: amy ray shares her lung of love, jambands.com

jpg: speaking of learning, the song "little revolution" and its ah-ha moment of learning from letting in the pain. is that what it was for you and have you stuck to it and helped you in life?

ar: yeah. i think one of those ah-ha moments for me was a long time ago in the mid-'90s. i went down to southern mexico. we were funding a project for the zapatistas. i was down there for like five days; hard stuff to see. and i just had to get through the moment of facing the people, the sick animals, the sick people, the war planes, just everything that's going on. you can't get anything done unless you can see this first and go past that to the next place, which is to try to do something.

it's like something as simple as when you are a kid and you see a sick dog or a sick cat by the side of the road you either look the other way and keep driving or you stop and deal with 'em. how horrible that situation is. that's like the bottom and the other side would be the human beings. i've seen that. so, i'm tempted to turn away. the fact that i've learned it and i don't. ultimately, i don't feel better but i feel more engaged, more connected.

jpg: even if the end result isn't as you would like, at least you tried and brought it to a conclusion.

ar: yeah, exactly.