When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.

The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.

My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back.