Alice Cooper Quotes
When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling Stones as loud as I could. So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick... If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal.
Cooper, Alice. Interview. The Canadian Press, 24 Aug. 2004.
Bopp was an enthusiast for fewer limits on campaign contributions believing that more money is needed to persuade people to vote and campaigns can educate them about the issues. Many do not agree and see the poor voter turnout and the ignorance as the result of so many noncompetitive districts where voters correctly perceive that their vote will not influence or change anything and politicians who pay no attention to what the majority of voters want anyway (eg gun control and background checking, reduction of foreign aid, more restrictions on abortion, ending filibusters, bipartisanship, etc).
Alice Cooper is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over 50 years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props, including pyrotechnics, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, reptiles, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock". He has drawn equally from horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock audiences.
