Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there are four sexes. Men, women, homosexuals, and girl singers.'

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.

American radio from the '30s through the '60s was just fabulous. There was such a diversity.

Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.

You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum, can't you tell by the way I run, every time you make eyes at me.

Music isn't just for professionals. We delegate all of our music and our dancing and our art to professionals. It's silly. We should be doing our own dancing and drawing.

Cocaine made people deaf, it made people dead and it made people real obnoxious.