Because I Was Starting Out In My

I'm Not The Type To Turn To Drugs And Alcohol, But I Do Have A Profound Devotion To Art And Music - And Children.

On The Plane, An Eight-year-old With An Excess Of Testosterone Keeps Running Across My Feet. Finally I Grab Him By His T-shirt And Say, Very Sweetly, 'listen, Darling, If You Don't Stop Trampling Me I'm Going To Make You Sit On My Lap While I Tell You My Entire Life Story. Including A Lot Of Details About Drug Rehab And My Divorce.' He Goes Back To His Seat.

Celtic Music Is Part Of The Language In Scotland And Ireland, Where Every Kid And Grandparent Knows Those Songs, Music By The Likes Of Woody Guthrie And Hank Snow Is Getting Entrenched Here. They Are Part Of Our Cultural Language. It's Part Of A Living Treasure. It Doesn't Just Belong To A Museum.

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.

While Visiting Places In The South With My Heart Really Open, I Realized How Important People In Certain Geographical Spots Were To Me, What They Symbolize, How I'm Still Connected To Them And How Much They Are A Part Of My Ancestry, Both Musical And Real.