If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit.

I'm not a rock and roller, a hitmaker. I'm highly dependent on what's coming out of these vocal cords.

Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

I have heard more than once, 'Shut up and sing!' and I get it now.

The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.