The idea of being a rebel just for kicks relates to a desire to buck the system and fight the power with music like bands did back in 1966 - except the desire is blunted by the realization these times aren't like those times, and it's harder to believe that music is going to change anything. It feels like you might be speaking truth to power, but you might as well be doing it just for kicks, for all the difference it will really make. Still, he's trying to figure out how to "feel it still", to still care about trying to make some kind of positive difference, and balance that with the family and practical considerations of his baby daughter and thinking about her future. How to do what feels right in the midst of a changed and changing, complicated world...
The idea of being a rebel just for kicks relates to a desire to buck the system and fight the power with music like bands did back in 1966 - except the desire is blunted by the realization these times aren't like those times, and it's harder to believe that music is going to change anything. It feels like you might be speaking truth to power, but you might as well be doing it just for kicks, for all the difference it will really make. Still, he's trying to figure out how to "feel it still", to still care about trying to make some kind of positive difference, and balance that with the family and practical considerations of his baby daughter and thinking about her future. How to do what feels right in the midst of a changed and changing, complicated world...