Thank God For Occupy And

Nobody Went Out To Pasture, And A Lot Of People Are Doing Their Best Work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, And Sting Are At The Top Of Their Game. I Mean, Tony Bennett Is The Coolest Guy I Ever Met! We Have To Figure Out How To Break Out Of This Age Ghetto.

Really Important Issues Are Getting Lost, So I Can Say I'm Glad To Be A Citizen Of The Planet And Do My Part.

'i Will Not Be Broken' Has Really Become Very Healing For Me. Any Time You Go Through A Cataclysmic Event... It's Going To Inform The Richness That You Sing From... The Experiences Of Life Make All Your Emotions, I Think, Deeper.

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.

Finding Great Songs Is The Hard Part Of My Gig - It's Not As Hard As Songwriting, That's Much More Daunting - But I Love Playing Other People's Music.