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.

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

People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

I don't wait till stage to use my sexuality. My zipper's down right now. I mean, I use it all the time.

I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease.

Radio has changed, there was a little bit of difference around the country and now that is gone and everything is uniform. That is not the only place it's happening in music, there's a lot of consolidation.