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That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in the world. I don't think artists have a greater responsibility than anyone else.

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We do need to think about how we have security - everyone has a right to that - but we also need to think about how we maintain civil rights and personal freedom.

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I never travelled when I was younger.

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My first record was almost not my first record.

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There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals with issues of violence against women.

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As I started to consider a career in music, I hoped for success, truthfully. I didn't imagine anything that would amass the level of the first record, but I hoped that I would be able to sustain a career.

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Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

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You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to be able to freely observe the world. That's the way I like to move through the world; I don't need to be the focus of attention. If I am, it impairs my ability to write and to do what I do.

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I decided to do whatever I could to make sure the business side of music didn't intrude on the creative part.

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There's a time and place for everything, and my focus is music. So that's what I prefer to spend most of my time doing, and not talk about making music.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: March 30th, 1964

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