I think there's nothing better than seeing a three-chord straight up rock 'n' roll band in your face with sweaty music and three minute good songs.

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.

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

Performance-wise, you really need to be down in the trenches; you need to do the hard work, for a lot of reasons: To build yourself as a performer, to get a sense of the audience, to work hard and to wonder, 'Do I really want to do this?'

God, I always just think of myself as a jeans and T-shirt kind of person.

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

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.