there's just this cacophony of stimuli that doesn't amount to anything

Do you think it would take a draft to trigger full-blown rioting in the streets?

I'm sure that would change things dramatically. But it's hard to galvanize any kind of movement; there's just this cacophony of stimuli that doesn't amount to anything. In the 1960s, there was protest and music and this amazing force that shaped the policy of the country and society itself. It's not that the music was so much better or that the people were more motivated; it was just a moment in history when everything was aligned for that to be possible.

- Connor Oberst, Spin magazine, April 2007