From Erich Kästner to his "Opel Gang" and Billy Bragg - as Heinrich Heine guest professor, Campino talks about poetry, songwriting and the impact of music. He gets political and personal, talks about Düsseldorf and art, the influence of English punk, Germany's Nazi past and his own ageing. His thoughts are an inspiring, light-footed walk through contemporary German history and his own lyrics, written over a period of forty years. The volume contains all the songs and poems performed and is supplemented by exclusive new texts and passages.