Kindness to me is only powerful if it has the cruel streak behind it. If someone is kind all the time under all circumstances, they're just simple-minded. Kindness is only worth something if you have the cruel streak to back it up.
That said, I've never thought the fact that I'm a woman was important to my work.
I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.
I dont think gender is aesthetically defining for me.
How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective.
I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away with a pick.