The counselor at our clinic would cry with the girls at the drop of a hat. She would find their weakness and work on it. The women were never given any alternatives. They were told how much trouble it is to have a baby.

I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.

If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, 'cos it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes. It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy.

I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.