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" When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months. "

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" Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music. "

" Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened. "

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" In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about. "

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