And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.
I gave up language for a while, and I started painting.And then I only listened to Miles Davis and other instrumental music to see how it felt to be without words.
I wanted to be the writer in the room setting depth charges of feeling out the world with my language.You know, I had a very romantic idea about that.But I grew into being a performer.
I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.
I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.
Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems.
It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.
