I don't really think of myself as a folk singer.

When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

I have a strong sense of self, but that's not a negative thing.

I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.

Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind.

It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.