I think any young person who is going into the same field as their parent whose parent has been very successful, it's complicated.And it was complicated for me.

There's always that moment when you realize what it's going to be. You might have an overarching theme and you need to fill in the blanks - and then there's this "Aha" moment when you see where it's going. That's the most satisfying part of writing.

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.

Well, the first year I lost my voice I didn't mind so much because I was going to have a baby and I was distracted with him anyway, I didn't even think about it that much, well, OK, this is what's happening.

He [Johnny Cash] was so fragile. We invaded Iraq in March, and he died in September. And because his health was so fragile, he couldn't take the controversy of making a public statement against the war. He knew that people were rabid. They attacked me mercilessly after I did the press conference with Musicians United to Win Without War. He knew that he couldn't tolerate that.

We are creating a culture where content creators are a new servant class, and paid as such.