I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.
I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.
I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.
That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win.
My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.
I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to.
I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff.
I just don't fit into the box.
I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.
I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.
Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done.
No matter how I do this, my best songs have profanity in them.
I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.
I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.
You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.
I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.
I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife.
Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.
Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works.
I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!
