I have a really full life, both within music and outside it.

In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.

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.

You know, a lot of people feel that sobriety is about just stopping using whatever it was that you appeared to be addicted to, but it really has to do with a way of looking at your life and taking accountability.

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

The generation I grew up in was the beginning of "stand up for yourself," whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the feminist movement was really coming to fore, so we wouldn't have put up with guys treating us less than equal.

Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my regular life. It's not as exciting to be at home, but I've got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman.