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I've Been A Radical For A Long Time. I Guess It's Too Bad. I'd Be More Marketable As A Right-wing Redneck.

There Were Decades I Didn't Play Sober. I Thought, Who Would Want To? But At Some Point, I Decided That If It Was Important Enough To Me To Keep Doing It As Art, I Should Do It With All My Tools.

I'd Lost My Family To My Years Of Failing As A Songwriter. All I Had Were Bills, Child Support, And Grief. And I Was About To Get Fired. It Looked Like I'd Trashed My Act. But There Was Something Liberating About It. By Not Having To Live Up To People's Expectations, I Was Somehow Free.

Bobby Mcgee' Was The Song That Made The Difference For Me. Every Time I Sing It, I Still Think Of Janis.

His Soul Was Bigger Than A Body's Ought To Be.