Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.

People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize what you've left behind.

If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me. Don't judge or question. You are broken now, but faith can heal you. Just do everything I tell you to do.

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

All I can do is say I smell a rat. I don't know where it is or what kind of rat it is, but as an artist, I can express how. But I couldn't responsibly stand up and tell people which way to go, because then I'm just as guilty as the people who are telling everybody else what to do and where to go.

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.