I lost my eyes In east wind skies Here’s where I’ve cried Where I’ve tried Where God and the Tendaberry rise Where Quakers and revolutionaries Join for life

I’m not scared of dyin’, and I don’t really care if it’s peace you find in dyin’. Well then let the time be near. And when I die and when I’m gone there’ll be one child born and a world to carry on.

Sometimes only poetry can say it. I think there’s just this deeper language, and away of putting your world back together again and breaking through barriers.

All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting… it’s like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you’re with your essence. There can be delight there and self-discovery. You can dance there… I think of it as my serious playground.

There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to be. You can write the simplest song, and that’s lovely, or you can just write a song that is abstract art.

My troubles are many They’re deep as a well I swear there ain’t no Heaven And I pray there ain’t no hell But I’ll never know by living only my dying will tell. And when I die and when I’m gone There’ll be, one child born And a world to carry on, to carry on.

I was raised on the good book Jesus Till I read between the lines Now I don’t believe I ever wanna see the morning

Nothing cures like time and love.

When I write my music I see all the rivers flowing… sensual, spiritual, religious, animal, intellectual.

I don’t think you should categorize yourself as an artist.

For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that’s how I see life. I’m interested in art, poetry, and music. As that kind of artist, I can do anything. I can say anything. It’s about self-expression. It knows no package – there’s no such thing. That’s what being an artist is.