Recently talking to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Alice Cooper reflected on his relationship with rocker Ted Nugent.
Regarding this, Cooper said:
“Ted and I grew up together in Detroit, and he’s always been the mouth that roared. When he gets going, nobody can stay with him. I kind of look at him as his own entity. I don’t ever talk politics…
”I hate politics. I don’t think rock and roll and politics belong in the same bed together, but a lot of people think it does — because we have a voice, and we should use our voice.
”But again, rock and roll should be anti-political, I think. When my parents started talking about politics, I would turn on the Stones as loud as I could. I don’t want to hear politics, and I still feel that way.”