I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have.

It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one.

I'm a huge Peter Mayer fan, but only when I don't feel like killing him for being so good. I love Peter's work, though it irritates me that he plays so much better than I do. If I rocked half as hard as Peter does, I'd own the world by now.

When you’re young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

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