Their homes are gone; their businesses swamped. They wonder what the future holds,

When did I decide to go into business? Well, it wasn't a business, when I decided. It was simply a need to sing.

I think this is just an outrage. I think people feel defeated.

Good music is an end in and of itself. When you're doing it, it's really the most fun part.

It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry. / Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, ' I am lonely.' / I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.

My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.