People Say I'm Such A Pessimist, But

You May Not Know It, But At The Far End Of Despair, There Is A White Clearing Where One Is Almost Happy.

People Say I'm Such A Pessimist, But I Always Was. It Never Stopped Me From Doing What I Had To Do. I Would Say I'm A Realist.

My Dread Is For My Show To Be A Nostalgia Act. So The Key To It Is How Do We Keep It Fresh?

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.

The Longer You Practice Nonviolence And The Meditative Qualities Of It That You Will Need, The More Likely You Are To Do Something Intelligent In Any Situation.