My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.

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.

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

I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.

Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a certain amount of courage. In my early twenties, if I wasn't getting good enough at it, then people would not come and see me. Anybody who has lasted this long - I hope we get better with age.

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.

The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we're all going, "God, what a jerk I've been," "How could I have married that guy?" or "How could I have done this or that?" With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, "It wasn't all about them."