The maverick singer-songwriter answers your questions – from how she coaxed Bruce Springsteen on to her record to how she’s coping since her stroke
Which of your tracks are you most proud of?I really like Bus to Baton Rouge: the lyrics, the recording, the way it came about. I was thinking about the house my mother’s parents lived in. My grandfather was a Methodist preacher and I remember the way my grandmother would throw the coffee grounds into the garden. She made the best banana pudding. There’s a little darkness in there, too.
I was surprised he did that, but it was very sweet. He could come across as very gravelly or edgy when you met him, because he’d be in his wheelchair and he didn’t want people to feel sorry for him. The first time I met him he spun round in his wheelchair and out came this flurry of obscenities. “This motherfucking, cocksucking …” you know. But somehow he connected with me and my music. I loved Vic and was heartbroken when he left us [in 2009].Photograph: Jack Vartoogian/Getty Imagesproducing.
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