I like to hear the voice of people, both musically and verbally. And that of course is one of the big fears of the media priests. One of their objectives is to keep the voice of the ordinary person silenced as much as possible, because ordinary people say things that don't fit into neat, little packages. I think there needs to be more awkward and embarrassing things said in the future. Trouble always comes when you try to silence that stuff because it never works and backfires...

--David Thomas, of Pere Ubu, one of my favorite bands, in The Big Takeover (alas, full text is not available online; worth a subscription, though)

It seems to me that I usually am at the front of the line in the way of saying awkward and embarrassing things. At least, I am often embarrassed; not sure about anybody else.