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

There's the wind And the rain And the mercy of the fallen Who say, "Hey, it's not my place To know what's right" There's the weak And the strong And the many stars that guide us We have some of them inside us

Every time you opt in to kindness Make one connection, used to divide us It echoes all over the world

Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.

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

I really lucked out with that song ["As Cool As I Am"]. Men were becoming much more comfortable with all the different facets and parts of their identity, including their gentler, funnier, sillier, nurturing parts. They started showing up. There was so much exploration of gender at that time. Women were showing up with the range of ways of being female in the world and men were showing up with the range of being male in the world.

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."