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As Both A Musician And A Former Teacher, I Feel That Music Is As Important To Kids As Reading And Writing.

You Can't Be In The Public Eye Without Making Mistakes And Having Some Regrets And Having People Analyze Everything You Do.

I'm One Of A Dying Breed Who Goes Out And Tours All The Time. Labels Don't Spend The Money To Send People Out To Play Before They Become Famous, But We Did Do That So The Fans We Have Are Word Of Mouth Fans Who Have Been Travelling Around With Us For Years, And They Buy The Albums, But They Are Also The Ones Who Go Out And Get The Bootlegs. I Don't Discourage Bootlegging, I Like Playing Live, I Don't Think It Hurts My Album Sales At All If There Are Bootlegs Out There. Who Cares?

Generally, When You Let Go Of Your Vision Of How Something Is Supposed To Be, The Universe Hands You Exactly What You Need.

I Feel We Are So Blessed To Live In A Country Where We Enjoy So Many Rights That Other Countries Cannot Even Begin To Imagine. However, It Terrifies Me That We Seem To Have Lost Touch With Our Connection To The Earth. I Am Concerned That We Have Risen To Such Heights Of Arrogance In Our Refusal To Acknowledge That Our Earth Is Rapidly Changing In Ways That Might Affect Us Catastrophically But Instead, We Hold Steadfast To Our Belief That Nothing Can Happen To Us As A People.