The One Thing I Know Is That

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.

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.

I'm Proud Of The Way I Rearrange And Put Things Together, Like A Chef Who Makes A Great Meal, Or A Filmmaker Who Puts Together A Story - It's Casting, Editing, Cinematography.

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

Nobody Went Out To Pasture, And A Lot Of People Are Doing Their Best Work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, And Sting Are At The Top Of Their Game. I Mean, Tony Bennett Is The Coolest Guy I Ever Met! We Have To Figure Out How To Break Out Of This Age Ghetto.