Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.

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

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

I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children

In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement! The women's movement! The disability movement! The disarmament movement! The gay rights movement! The environmental movement! Movement! Transformation! Is there any reason to believe we are done?

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