It takes a lot of courage to be a performer.

Perhaps like attracts like, and that's why I found myself in a circle of women who are so passionate about making music.

I started playing music when I was 18. My heart was just broken so badly that I decided that I really wanted to start playing music. It felt like the only thing that I could do in response to that. And I've been playing ever since.

I realized that I really didn't like the sound of the ukulele so much so I started playing the guitar.

The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. A lot of people think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not. You listen to the Overture of 1812, and you can hear a rock n' roll catharsis.

It takes a lot of courage to be a performer.

I had no kind of work ethic and I always felt that music - especially rock 'n' roll - was a more for boys.