The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.

I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.

I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I also wanted to play guitar. I mentioned to my parents that I wanted an electric guitar for Christmas. They got me one! I sat there all Christmas morning making a lot of loud horrible noise.

I think what people see in me is one slice of who I am. It does permeate my life in the sense that I don't like to be told what to do, or how to be, or how I can do it. But I'm probably a lot tamer than people would expect.

Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like.

Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.