I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS had a lot to do with it. So many families who really believed they'd 'never met one' were suddenly confronted with their sons becoming ill, and friends of sons. I think that brought a lot of it into the open.

Wish I'd written Tikkun Olam – a Weavers or Peter Paul & Mary hit!

That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.