> And whether Joni calls it "political" or not, many of her songs do > express a definite political opinion, not always overtly.
Of course. Or ultimately a spiritual point of view that transcends political party platforms. I ahve always been opposed to big corporate monopolies and malfeasance, was a volunteer tutor for Headstart, opposed the Vietnam war, worked on the campaign for coastal preservation, along with being a volunteer for a number of environmental causes, have always been sickened by tele-evangelists and have never stepped on anyone to pursue money. Whatever motivated me to have these points of view never came from any instruction from, or identification with, a particular political party. Joni doesn't seem to agree with pigeon-holing but strives for enlightenment beyond that. This was my favorite quote in the interview - very wise: "Things that I observed on the playground in the third grade were fairly astute visions in the small, later to be applied to high school, later to be applied to committees, later to be applied to politics, you know, later to be applied to the world." Kakki
