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 from Randy Newman, there's nothing better.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

My career is based on the slow build of an audience based on putting on a good show live and putting out a record every couple of years. I was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.

I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.

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 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.