Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel much more connected to the song because there's nothing in the way, and I actually enjoy doing that.

Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.

One can't deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked. It's all a long chain of involvement in the world, and we are proud to be yet another link in this chain.

If I read or listened to critics of our music. I'd have been discouraged a long time ago.

I wasnt thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.

When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy.