It takes a lot of courage to be a performer.

Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar.

You perform the thing that you made, that's inside of you, and to subject that to any kind of scrutiny is terrifying. It's still terrifying to me.

All my best girlfriends play guitar now, which is kind of a funny world to live in.

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.