I Was Down With Lucinda Williams And

It's A Little Dangerous For Me To Get Outside Myself And Think About How I Want People To See Me.

I Spent Nearly Two Hours Deciding On An Outfit That Would Look As If The Subject Of Clothing Had Never Crossed My Mind, But Would In Fact Show Off My Best Features And Miraculously Hide The Extra Pounds.

Isn't That The Goal, As You Grow Older? That You Start Reclaiming Those Parts Of Yourself You Didn't Recognize Or Didn't Think Were There All Along? That's What Happened When I Made The River And The Thread Record.

Once Your Kids Get Older And Get Out Of The House, It's Not Like It Stops. They're On The Phone With Me Every Day; I'm Intimately Involved In Their Problems.

I Was A Songwriter; That Was The Torch I Carried. This Is An Honorable Profession. This Is What I Do.