Time has passed through me and become a song.

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.

All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

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

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

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.