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I Don't Go Into Any Album With A Concept Or A Deliberate Direction. It's More Letting The Best Music That Really Appeals To Me At The Time, The Best Songs That I Find After Many Months And Years Of Search And Sifting Through My Collection, And Asking Radio People And Journalists. It's Really An Ongoing Search That's As Much Daunting As It Is Somewhat Exciting.

Between The Redwoods, Growing Up And Enjoying Nature, Camping On Almost Every Vacation, And Getting To Go To Summer Camp In The Adirondacks, It Was Really Very Apparent To Me That We Had To Preserve What We Had On The Earth.

It's Always Enjoyable To Listen To A Friend's Work, But If It Doesn't Resonate With You, Then You Can Just Appreciate It And It Inspires You In Its Own Way.

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.

The Generation I Grew Up In Was The Beginning Of "stand Up For Yourself," Whether Being A Singer-songwriter Or A Feminist. In My College Years, The Feminist Movement Was Really Coming To Fore, So We Wouldn't Have Put Up With Guys Treating Us Less Than Equal.