I think we're coming to a place where we're saying all war is wrong. We might even learn something about the sensationalism we get caught up in with people like Donald Trump.

A lot of men were also becoming more attuned and less afraid of women [in the nineties ].

There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.

I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.

At this point, I feel like I have roots in a lot of places. I have friends who have put down roots, in Seattle and San Francisco and Portland, and I feel very close to them.

...we're all in a soup of trying to live by words, and trying to live by poetry. It's both humbling, and really flattering to know that my words are part of all that.

I just think the reassurance and the steadiness and the hands-on kindness can make a huge difference.