Stop thinking you have to go to big industry to have a big life, because it's not the truth.

Everything I read about me is what I say. The way I've come across is exactly who I am. So far, they haven't skewed it to be one way or another too much.

My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me

It's just that only now are women coming around, and when someone as striking as Alanis or Sheryl Crow comes out, the public just needs something to compare it to.

I have a lot of survivor insticts, and I know when to quit. I know when to go forward it my life, but not everybody does.

I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal.

I quickly learned to take anger and use it to motivate me. My sister ran away from home, and she was my world. And that was that. The guitar became my world.