After being in the creative, hermetic state I have been in, coming out has been painful, but it is getting easier.

The hard part was when I went into the studio with co-producer Eric Broucek, and he started slashing my demos. I always sweat that.

I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to an audition Satisfaction, where I played a musician in an all-girl band. That movie is where I met my future ex-husband Jody Porter.

After being in the creative, hermetic state I have been in, coming out has been painful, but it is getting easier.

I do have a lot of references coming out of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but I don't consciously think, "I'm going to put this here and this there." It comes out of my unconscious, and I don't want it to be just retro.

Certain people have the eye of the tiger, and I never was myself that kind of person, although I'm not a slacker.

It is a good thing to let someone else's vision take over, and it has always been a good thing in the end.