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

The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert.

Some of us have such incredible things that can keep us from acting. We have the luxury of drinking such good wine, and having such good information at our fingertips. I can look up anything on my computer. And I can call any friend at the drop of a hat on my cell phone. And I can have beautiful clothing and great food in a world where people are being tortured. I have some responsibility for that.

Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.

Slavery doesn't have any positives.

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

When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve.