Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music.

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture - of which he was not really a part - shouldn't get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.

With slide guitar, you're just hanging this piece of glass on your hand. It's a really beautiful instrument in that it's so responsive, you're just slipping your hand back and forth.

You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.

I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me.

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.