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Music is too important to be left to professionals.

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Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart has a way of involving me in things, which can only be good for the music.

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I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions.

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I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

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They sign a bunch of women, and they call it a movement. I don't like the way women in music have been identified as women first and musicians second.

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I think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that feeling.

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Music is not a commodity, it's a resource.

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People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power.

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As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: February 24th, 1962

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