An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child.

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at.

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.

Lord, there's danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands.

Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.

I certainly don't want to be an angry old artist.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.