I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing..

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so….

The arts can be a great way to bring people together. I don't preach from the stage. I try to stay positive on solutions..

The generation I grew up in was the beginning of "stand up for yourself," whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the f….

I'm proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker who puts together a story - it's casting….

I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these teach-ins on the internet, live and split screen, and ha….

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environmen….

I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me..

I just want to be as good a person as I can be..

I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and alm….

I'm one of those people who just doesn't plan my personal life. I plan my professional life..

We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wante….

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire..

A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire ….

I was raised with the blessing of being involved with peace and social justice, and the environmental movement. I have my parents to thank for that..

There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything.

'I Will Not Be Broken' has really become very healing for me. Any time you go through a cataclysmic event... it's going to inform the richness that y….

In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age..

AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to..

Some people are caricatures of themselves, and some people keep people coming back and keep themselves growing. Otherwise, the fans would get bored..

I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all..