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 have real in-depth debate between people that are on the "other" side of issues - nuclear, gun control, whatever. We could really be having a much more democratically involved and exciting debate with people emailing their questions and having a virtual town meeting.

I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that's a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously.

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.

I would like to inspire a lot of people to be active and give back.

'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 you sing from... The experiences of life make all your emotions, I think, deeper.

I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.

Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.