I realized I was writing a lot of songs about interconnectedness,

That's what I aspire to, ... Pete Seeger is the one who writes the songs that unite people.

I'm just holding up mirrors at interesting places, I'm trying to capture life at strange angles.

But for every price, and every penence that I could think ofIt's better too have fallen in love, then never to have fallen at all

There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moron, that your kids are only happy when you're buying them stuff. It's hard being a parent, but I laugh a lot and smile a lot and really enjoy it. The ratio of laughter to sadness is higher. There's part of me that wants to broadcast that. Parenting only affirmed what I already cared about, and that's good.

If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.