Time has passed through me and become a song.

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.

I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.

It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.