Because I Was Starting Out

Work ... Is Redemption.

I Wanted To Be The Writer In The Room Setting Depth Charges Of Feeling Out The World With My Language.you Know, I Had A Very Romantic Idea About That.but I Grew Into Being A Performer.

I Found It Was Really Impossible For Me To Write Songs When I Couldn't Sing.

I Dream Of Songs. I Dream They Fall Down Through The Centuries, From My Distant Ancestors, And Come To Me. I Dream Of Lullabies And Sea Shanties And Keening Cries And Rhythms And Stories And Backbeats.

He [johnny Cash] Was So Fragile. We Invaded Iraq In March, And He Died In September. And Because His Health Was So Fragile, He Couldn't Take The Controversy Of Making A Public Statement Against The War. He Knew That People Were Rabid. They Attacked Me Mercilessly After I Did The Press Conference With Musicians United To Win Without War. He Knew That He Couldn't Tolerate That.