Hey, maybe I can sing locally and earn a couple of bucks.

I've never been the type of singer that can sing in heels and the gown and all this stuff, because I can't get to where I want to go while I'm in that getup.

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.

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.

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.

I think it's OK to compose songs and sing them about questions that we don't have answers to yet.

I think vulnerability and sensuality, they're sides of the same coin.