What was nice about the nineties is that it was an example of music that responded to a desire of the times. It spoke to the social conditions of the times. Women were making more money. Women were saying, "My voice counts. If we're going out on a Friday night, I don't want to see a Rambo movie. I want to go see a singer/songwriter who sings about my life".

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

When we learn about ourselves, we can evolve.

But social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.

I would push for more production and Steve Miller would say, "Why do you want to have more production when you have real songs? You don't want to cover up the song."

Guiding the ship takes more the your skill. It is the compass inside as the strength of your will.

It's a collective truth that slavery is wrong, that child labor is wrong, that gross inequality is wrong. God didn't send it.