Lord, Spit On Our Eyes That We

I Woke Up One Morning With This Song In My Head, And The Opening Line Of The Song: My Name Was Richard Nixon, Only Now I'm A Girl.

Politics Is A Part Of Life And Art Is About Life. It Doesn't Mean That All The Art Has To Be About Politics - In Fact, Heaven Forbid. But Politics Is A Totally Legitimate Area Of Focus For Any Art, Whether It's Painting Or Songwriting Or Anything Else, As Much As Sex Is, As Much As Spirituality Is, As Much As Any Other Behavior Of People Is.

Almost All The Military Personnel Were Wearing Sunglasses. No Iraqis Wear Sunglasses. They Really Want To See Your Eyes. So Immediately They Can't Trust The Americans.

I Like To Think That If It Hadn't Gone As Well As It Has, If I Wasn't Able To Make A Living Off Of Playing Music, I Would Still Be Playing The Music. But, Of Course, I Wouldn't Likely Have Had The Opportunity To Travel, And A Lot Of The Places Have Inspired Songs.

I'm Not A Pacifist. I Feel That There Are Situations Where Fighting Is Inescapable, But We Don't Go Looking For Those Things.