Thank God For Occupy And Thank God

I'm The Same On Stage As I Am Off Stage. A Lot Of People Who I Admire - Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne - Are Not That Different Either. You Hope That If You Met Them That They'd Be As Nice And Well-rounded As They Appear.

I Made My First Album, And I Guess It Wasn't A Fluke, Because Now I'm On My 16th.

There Are So Many People Out There Working With Great Grassroots And Global And National Organizations That Are Unsung Heroes To Me.

We Did A Two Month Tour With Taj Mahal That Was Really Healing And Cathartic And A Good Distraction After My Brother Passed Away. Then I Knew I Wanted To Take A Year Off, And It Was Really Nice To Have That Chance To Fall Apart.

I'm Sure I Would Have Been Considered A More Significant Artist If I Was A Singer-songwriter. It's Just Not The Way I Roll. I Love Being A Curator And A Musicologist. People Write Me Letters And Thank Me For Turning Them On To Fred Mcdowell And Sippie Wallace, And That's Partly My Job This Time Around.