I'm Happy To Have Been A Positive

It's Very Personal In California To Live Within Hours, And Sometimes Just A Few Miles, Of Earthquake Faults When Nuclear Plants Were Being Built.

You Create The Happiness And The Balance That You Have, And Your Own Power. This Is One Thing That I Know To Be True.

Those Of Us With A Microphone Who Are Blessed With The Gift Of Being In The Public Eye Have A Special Opportunity To Give Voice To All Those Groups Whose Activism Is Sometimes Ignored Or Put On The Back Pages With The The Dumbing Down Of Television And The Tabloidization Of Journalism. As Ralph Nader Called It, "sound Barks," Not Even Sound Bites.

How I Measure Success Is Getting To Make Another Record And Being Able To The Come Back To The Same Town And Play Again Cause You Sold Out The Last Time.

I Think I'm A Living Embodiment Of, 'don't Try To Push Me Around Or Squash Me,' Whether Its How I Talk To A Record Label Or In My Relationships.