I'm Not That Beautiful, And I Don't

I Would Like To Inspire A Lot Of People To Be Active And Give Back.

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.

Quakers Are Known For Wanting To Give Back. Ban The Bomb And The Civil Rights Movement And The Native American Struggle For Justice - Those Things Were Very, Very Front-burner In My Childhood, As Were The Ideas Of Working For Peace And If You Have More Than You Need, Then You Share It With People Who Don't.

When They Were Putting Oil Rigs Up And Down The California Coast, The Whole Issue Of Safe Energy And The Addiction To Fossil Fuels Really Came Into Focus.

Elvis Might Have Compromised His Musical Style A Bit Towards The End, But That Doesn't Mean That Artists From The Rock N' Roll/folk-roots Culture - Of Which He Was Not Really A Part - Shouldn't Get Better As They Get Older, Like The Great Jazz Or Blues Artists.