I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right to self-determination, and wouldn't want anybody to stop them from becoming themselves. They just refuse to recognize the relationship between their lives and those of other women, or feel any solidarity there.

I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music.

I envy your ignorance, I hear that it's bliss.

I do believe that music has an intense power to connect us together, to inspire us to become ourselves.

I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word marriage. Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian to make sure you get your equal rights? Eyes on the prize, we should be sticking to getting equal rights.

I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall, and when we leave the landlord will come and paint over it all.

I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records.