I am so sick of reading about another car bomb, another suicide bomber, another 10, 20, 30, 70, 100 people dead in a day, both Americans and Iraqis.
Yeah, I was in the phase for the last ten years or so where every record I made I said OK, that's the last one, I don't want to record anymore, I don't want to do this any more, I don't want to have a public life.
I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.
I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.
I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians.
I love mixing up my genres.
For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.
Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.
And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.
And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.
Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.