I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love.