I'm The Same On Stage As I

I Think We Have Responsibilities To Be Active In The Things We Believe In, Regardless Of What Our Job Is. At Least In My Lifetime, There Has Been A Tremendous Combining Of Activism And Music, That Came Up In The Era Of Pete Seeger And The Weavers And Joan Baez And Bob Dylan And Peter Paul & Mary.

It's Very Personal In California To Live Within Hours, And Sometimes Just A Few Miles, Of Earthquake Faults When Nuclear Plants Were Being Built.

Im Happy To Say That At 62, I Think Ive Reached That Point Where Stuff Doesnt Bother Me As Much, And My Gratitude Level Has Gone Way Up, Especially Having Gone Through The Loss That Ive Had, And Losing So Many Of The Great Artists That I Was Close To. They Taught Me How To See It With A Grain Of Salt And A Lot Of Humor And Perspective.

I Like To Think I Get Better With Age, But Maybe Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder.

You Know, A Lot Of People Feel That Sobriety Is About Just Stopping Using Whatever It Was That You Appeared To Be Addicted To, But It Really Has To Do With A Way Of Looking At Your Life And Taking Accountability.