“I’ve always been able to work from the stage. From activist stage, I just spoke and said whatever I had to say. When the writing started, I would just read it. Then I had the interest into going into musical aspects. When that happened in ’86, I liked the result of work we did in the studio.”
“We never had a problem with their audience. Maybe by the third song, they would catch on that I was not going to start singing. They started paying more attention when they realized I was just going to stand there and say these things.” – Opening for Midnight Oil in 1988.
“He’s one of the individuals who helped to make all of this happen. I look at this relationship with him, and he’s an ally. When I needed an ally, this man appeared. I knew Jackson before I started writing, so I had accessibility to his work style, and he’s always encouraged my writing. When it came time to take it to music, I didn’t want to misuse my relationship with Jackson. I just needed to go out and do it. He’s always the one behind the scene to bail me out when I jump in over my head. He’s been very vital in this process all along. He understands this world of music — both the business ends and creative ends.” – On Jackson Browne.
“I find there is room in music to talk with music. It may expand ways people can participate with music. It doesn’t sound hokey or like some kind of voice-over.”
“My influences in this world have always been Crazy Horse and Malcolm X, my overall influences. But I was influenced by rock ‘n’ roll, blues and country music. I was influenced by singers, not poets.” ~
SOURCE: The Hartford Courant