The Generation I Grew Up In Was

The Fact Is That This Conversation Is Going On At Every Level At Every Age, We're All Going, "god, What A Jerk I've Been," "how Could I Have Married That Guy?" Or "how Could I Have Done This Or That?" With Time, This Is The Gift Of Being Older, That You Get To Look Back And Say, "it Wasn't All About Them."

Leading A Band And Producing Yourself And Picking Cool Tunes And Putting A Show Together Takes A Lot Of Thought, And A Certain Amount Of Courage. In My Early Twenties, If I Wasn't Getting Good Enough At It, Then People Would Not Come And See Me. Anybody Who Has Lasted This Long - I Hope We Get Better With Age.

I Don't Think There's Ever Been Any Music Quite Like What We Came Up With.

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.

A Lot Of Political Music To Me Can Be Rather Pedantic And Corny, And When It's Done Right - Like Bruce Springsteen Or Jackson Browne Or Great Satire From Randy Newman, There's Nothing Better.