Some People Never See The Light Till

Everything That Makes A Society Run Is Broken In Iraq. The Only Real Structure Is The People's Own Sense Of Themselves As Iraqis, Which Was Very Strong. They're A Proud People, And They Trace Their Historic Roots Way, Way Back.

I Wanted To Play Rock And Roll When I Started Playing. Nobody At That Time Ever Thought About Songwriting. You Sang Songs, That's All. You Sang Other People's Songs. That's All There Were.

I've Been Accused Of Being A Little Pedantic Here And There, But I Don't Buy That Criticism. I'm Telling It Like I See It. You Don't Have To Buy It. You Don't Have To Like It. You Don't Have To Listen To It At All. I'm Not Trying To Convince People Of Things, Other Than The Fact That I'm Trying To Make As Vivid As I Can My Own Feelings And Experiences.

I Woke Up One Morning With This Song In My Head, And The Opening Line Of The Song: My Name Was Richard Nixon, Only Now I'm A Girl.

My Models For Graceful Aging Are Guys Like John Lee Hooker And Mississippi John Hurt, Who Never Stopped Working Till They Dropped, As I Fully Expect To Be Doing, And Just Getting Better As Musicians And As Human Beings.