We Can Choose, You Know, We Ain't

How Unthinkable That, In A Country Of Such Bursting Plenty, So Many People Are Facing Ongoing Hunger And Poverty. If We Are Truly Each Other's Keepers, Let's Support School Lunches, Food Stamps, Neighborhood Garden Projects, And So Many Other Wonderful Programs Working To Put An End To This Cruel And Needless Blight Once And For All.

It Is Still A Surprise When People Tell Me That I've Had An Influence On Them, Particularly When It's Someone I Really Respect.

Those Of Us With A Microphone Who Are Blessed With The Gift Of Being In The Public Eye Have A Special Opportunity To Give Voice To All Those Groups Whose Activism Is Sometimes Ignored Or Put On The Back Pages With The The Dumbing Down Of Television And The Tabloidization Of Journalism. As Ralph Nader Called It, "sound Barks," Not Even Sound Bites.

I Can't Make You Love Me, If You Don't.

I Never Saw Music In Terms Of Men And Women Or Black And White. There Was Just Cool And Uncool.