I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
“I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what … Read More
A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it’s done right – like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there’s nothing better.
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Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn’t mean that artists from the rock n’ roll/folk-roots culture – of which he was not really a part – shouldn’t get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.
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I was offered to take over for Reba in ‘Annie Get Your Gun,’ but it wasn’t where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
“I was offered to take over for Reba in ‘Annie Get … Read More
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.
“I Will Not Be Broken’ has really become very healing for … Read More
I’m sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It’s just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that’s partly my job this time around.
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Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half and do folk songs and great contemporary ballads, and not many people can pull that off.
“Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just … Read More
AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I’ve ever heard. That’s what I aspire to.
“AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, … Read More
I’ve watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
“I’ve watched my peers get better with age and hoped that … Read More
I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least in my lifetime, there has been a tremendous combining of activism and music, that came up in the era of Pete Seeger and the Weavers and Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and Peter Paul & Mary.
“I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things … Read More
Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby – nothing more.
“Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had … Read More
Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that Ive had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.
“Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached … Read More
I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic, but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you’re going to be is sloppy or dead.
“I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order … Read More
Thank God for Occupy and thank God for ‘The Daily Show,’ Colbert and the rising up that’s going on around the world.
“Thank God for Occupy and thank God for ‘The Daily Show,’ … Read More
With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
“With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need … Read More
I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
“I like to think I get better with age, but maybe … Read More
I’ll close my eyes, so I won’t see, all of the love that you don’t feel for me.
“I’ll close my eyes, so I won’t see, all of the … Read More
It is still a surprise when people tell me that I’ve had an influence on them, particularly when it’s someone I really respect.
“It is still a surprise when people tell me that I’ve … Read More