I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.

You're really creative when you're in an environment that you don't know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was gonna get a challenging reaction.

Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.

Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done.

I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.

That's exactly what's exciting for me - the idea of infiltrating the male structure and affecting change from within.