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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper loves White Castle sliders.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper loves White Castle sliders.

Graham Nash feels optimistic that young people will once again change America for the better. So while he's frustrated by the outlook of many regarding such issues as global warming and marriage equality, he said he realizes "those powers against progress" will naturally run their course. "They will all die at one point, and the children will take over," Nash said. He added: "Do you know anybody under 25 that gives a damn whether you marry a man if you're a man or if you marry a woman if you're a woman? No." Nash said young people helped propel change in the 1960s and '70s and today's young people will have a positive influence on their generation. The 72-year-old member of Crosby, Stills and Nash spoke Monday after the Paley Center for Media in New York hosted a discussion with the trio about their newly released remastered box set commemorating their 1974 tour with Neil Young. He said he also feels that Congress has been uncooperative with the president since Barack Obama took office. "A lot of it is political power; a lot of it is because he's a black man. There's a lot of racism in this country and we have to fight it. And the way you fight it is by spreading information and letting as many people know as you can what you think is going on and let them make up their minds," Nash said. Nash said he feels that he and his bandmates -- who sometimes include Young -- have a responsibility to spark social change through music and discussion. "We're just one link in a long chain of musicians that try to make the world a better place," he said.

• Shock rocker Alice Cooper loves White Castle sliders. Cooper is such a fan of the little square hamburgers that he showed up at the company headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday to be inducted into the restaurant's Craver Hall of Fame. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the 66-year-old rock legend -- whose real name is Vincent Furnier -- told about 250 people gathered at the restaurant's headquarters stories about his father sharing White Castle burgers with him when he was a child. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was to open for Motley Crue on Tuesday night in Columbus.

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