As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs.

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For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said,...

For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said,...

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often...

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often...

I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here...

I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here...

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for...

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for...

There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like...

There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like...

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart...

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart...

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of...

The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of...

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes...

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes...

My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.

My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that...

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that...

I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them...

I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them...

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a...

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a...

I publish my own music. I'm creating my own songbook. It works that way for...

I publish my own music. I'm creating my own songbook. It works that way for...

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.

I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.

I know a lot of people who have tremendous commercial success and they go directly...

I know a lot of people who have tremendous commercial success and they go directly...

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none...

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none...

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said...

I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said...