Bush the lyricist:

Some recent comments he made about the situation post-Katrina:

People's lives are improving,
and there is hope.
Times are changing for the better.

I'm inspired every time I come here,
to see progress and the spirit alive.
Times are changing for the better.

First time I came after the storm hit,
piles of rubble ... communities wiped out.
But times are changing for the better.