After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

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

Music is sound. It's a wave. It's going out and coming back, and it's bouncing off.

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

I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.

So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.