To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.

You have to be willing to look a certain way, and hold your body a certain way, until you get to where you want to go - I'm talking about musically, now.

When I stop asking questions, something's wrong.

It's kind of condoned in our society: There are things that an abusive mate could get away with with their partner that they could not with a stranger.

I think that's the role of an artist, right? To touch someone and make us stretch out just a little bit more.

To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.

In an abusive relationship - we'll talk about men and women - women are often restrained, by words or out of fear, from leaving. They will tolerate abuse up to and including being put to death.