I'm A Badass. I Really Am. When

Nonviolence Is A Flop. The Only Bigger Flop Is Violence.

I'm Not A Rock And Roller, A Hitmaker. I'm Highly Dependent On What's Coming Out Of These Vocal Cords.

That Was Sheer Luck That It [being Immersed Into Folk Scene] Happened When My Voice Began To Develop. I Don't Know Exactly What Would Have Happened If I Hadn't Been Alive And Well And Really Lively In The Cambridge Scene. But (the Folk Scene) Was, And I Fell Into It Absolutely Naturally In The Little Coffee Shops, And Pretty Soon It Was Newport And Then It Was An Overwhelming Response Internationally, Actually.

I'm A Badass. I Really Am. When You See Me Hanging With Snoop Doggy Dogg, I Am Perfectly At Home And Comfortable.

I Never Pretended To Be Rock Star. I Would Make A Lousy Rock Star. I Don't Have The Right Voice For It. I Don't Have The "sex, Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll" Spirit. But The Greatest Flattery In The Last Couple Of Years Is Being Called A "badass" By Young Singers.