Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

I really wanted it to be organic and coming from my heart. So, I think maybe the initial thought of wanting to go in that direction, I had to wait until things happened in our world and in our country that fired me up enough where the words came out organically.

Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it.

You follow any family around, you're going to see elation, you're going to see disharmony.

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us.

For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent.