My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.

Women play cellos and violins in symphony orchestras. They're playing Beethoven and Bach. What do you mean they can't play rock and roll?

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.

Pop music is not a threatening style of music.

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.

When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest of this record. It took awhile to get out.

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.