Religion Is For People Who Are Scared

In 1967 I Entered Harvard As A Freshman, Confident - In The Way That Only 17-year-olds Are - That I Could Change The World. My Major Was African Studies, And My Plan Was To Travel To Tanzania, Where President Julius Nyerere Was Creating A Government Based On Democracy And Socialism.

I Think I'm A Living Embodiment Of, 'don't Try To Push Me Around Or Squash Me,' Whether Its How I Talk To A Record Label Or In My Relationships.

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 A Lot Harder To Be Clear-headed, But The Good Stuff Is When You Start Realizing Who's Really You.

I Learned A Lot About What It Was Like To Have To Use Different Hotels And Not Use The Bathrooms, Which Made Me More Determined To Be An Activist.