Rob wrote: \ as bitter and cold, with none of the witty, kind Joan we > all know and love.
I don't think her expressing her feelings on the music business takes away from who she is as as a person and also don't think it makes her any less a kind person. She has the right to express her feelings and I would not respect her much if she didn't. And, all in all, considering that it has been a good > 25 years since she had an album that turned a profit Maybe it is this kind of attitude that keeps her from bothering and might, just might, keep her from giving us the best music that she ever produced. Mack