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Artists Are Taught To Be Humble About Their Impact, Especially In Folk Music. It's So Ingrained That I Have A Hard Time Even Thinking I Had Any Impact Other Than What A Normal Hit Song Would Have.

I Started 'society's Child' On A Bus In East Orange As I Was Going Home From School. I Saw A Black And White Couple Sitting There And Started Thinking About It.

I Think These Last 10 Years Have Seen Just A Huge Shift In The Psyche Of This Country As Regards Gay People. I Think Aids Had A Lot To Do With It. So Many Families Who Really Believed They'd 'never Met One' Were Suddenly Confronted With Their Sons Becoming Ill, And Friends Of Sons. I Think That Brought A Lot Of It Into The Open.

At The End Of The Day, If You Don't Have A Record Contract, A Studio Or A Guitar, You Can Still Write Songs. You're Still An Artist. That's Something No One Can Take Away.

I Feel I Was Born With The Music Coming To Me, And That's Not Something To Be Wasted.