I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.
Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.
I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.
We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.
There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist.
The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?
Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.
Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.
If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.
If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.
I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure.
I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.
I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.
There is still a future with music, because people want music.