I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.
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 - nothin...
I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
Religion is for those who are scared of hell, and spirituality is for those who have been there.
Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.
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.
I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and l...
In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that I could change the world. My major was African Studies, and my plan was to travel to Tanzania, where P...
I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.