I think the music was speaking to that opening up of whose voice gets heard and how multidimensional that voice can be.

Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.

I'm just trying to be part of the movement that decentralizes and hopefully creates peace. By supporting smaller, democratic structures, you can effect change.

I remember doing "As Cool As I Am" and Steve Miller, the producer, saying "I really hear a drum loop here. I want to play it for you." When I wrote it, I thought, "This isn't going to sound very folky. I don't think it's going to go with mandolins and banjos." Then he played the loop for me and it sounded right.

The only word for love is everybody's name.

They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it.

Slavery doesn't have any positives.