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One Of The Biggest Obstacles I've Overcome In My Life Was Thinking I Didn't Deserve To Be Successful. Artistically I'm Not As Much Of A Heavyweight As Someone Like Paul Simon Or Joni Mitchell, Because I'm Not A Creator Of Original Music, And I Worried About That For Years.

I'm In A Relationship, And I've Been In One In A While, But All The People I've Been With At Various Points - And I've Had Sequentially Monogamous Relationships My Whole Life - Were All The Right People At The Right Time.

The Consolidation Of The Music Business Has Made It Difficult To Encourage Styles Like The Blues, All Of Which Deserve To Be Celebrated As Part Of Our Most Treasured National Resources.

I'm Glad I Get Singled Out For My Slide Guitar-playing, Which Isn't That Difficult To Do. I Didn't Take Guitar Lessons, But I Just Love The Way It Sounds, Almost Like The Human Voice.

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.