My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.

I worked for Hillary [Clinton] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things, I see all of these people as political in a way that isn't humanistic. I'm just watching and hoping that someone is going to distinguish himself or herself as comprehending what we need.

I think some of that hopelessness of my generation got passed on to later generations - the sense of uselessness.

I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a time that had magic.

Spare the child and spoil the rod, I am not sellin' myself to god.

People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.