The thing about the Titanic experience, what happened with the Titanic experience and the recognition she got from the New York Times in particular was that it gave her a platform from which to talk about some of the political and social issues -- miners rights,womens rights, the development of the juvenile court system, that sort of thing.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

it was sort of a combat-to-combat, different,Korea-to-Vietnam, sort of thing.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

"Yeah,very sad. Just very surprised , sort of thing we have gone through, a lot of people that have been here, sort of last evening,so yeah, very sad," said one fan.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

It's sort of an intimate thing,you know. It's the dichotomy of having comfort in singing about certain things or saying things within a song, but then elaborating further seems difficult for me."

VOA: standard.2009.04.19