I Would Like To Inspire A Lot

There Are So Many People Out There Working With Great Grassroots And Global And National Organizations That Are Unsung Heroes To Me.

Thank God For Occupy And Thank God For 'the Daily Show,' Colbert And The Rising Up That's Going On Around The World.

I Don't Want To Discredit People's Opinions Of Me, But You Talk About The Violin Or The Cello Or Lead Guitar Where You Have To Learn Tons Of Chords, That's Much More Difficult.

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.

The Connection Between Toxicity And Cancer And Safe Air And Water And Food, All Of That Was Important All Along, As Were Women's And Human Rights Issues, But The Nuke Issue And The Safe Energy Movement Became Really Important To Me In The Mid-'70s.