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.

When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to fossil fuels really came into focus.

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 all of those things were playing in my mind.

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.

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 have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and almost every industry worldwide. And just the problem of young women not getting an education, not being able to have an equal position in the cultures all around the world.

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