Red Dirt Girl ,

I was a folk singer who became totally over the edge with country music. I found my voice and style working with Gram Parsons. I learned how to listen to George Jones records and the Louvin Brothers.

You meet a lot of people and have a lot of experiences, and they color you and stay with you - but I'm not the grieving widow. Life is much more complicated and interesting and full of zigs and zags than that.

If I'm crazy, I'm blissfully so!

Bluegrass has a very, very strict musical form. Once you start to dilute it, it disappears.

I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan.