If You Really Believe In

Well Before I Was In A Band, I Wanted To Be Everything From A Vet, An Astronaut, An Archeologist Was A Big One. It Could Be Very Wide-ranging Because I Had A Lot Of Different Interests Including Music So I'm Very Happy Where I Wound Up.

The Media Says That Equality For Women Has Arrived, But If You Look Around, You Still Don't See Girls Playing Guitars And Having Success With It.

I Remember Thinking That Janis Joplin Sang Like Mae West Talked. When I First Heard The Primal Scream In 'piece Of My Heart,' I Was Hooked. 'cheap Thrills,' Janis 'live' With Big Brother And The Holding Company, Was One Of My All Time Faves. During The 'whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa's' In 'combination Of Two,' I Couldn't Help But Go To The Mirror And Pretend I Was A Wild Woman Like Janis, In A Rock Band.

As A Kid, In The Runaways, I Would See The Interviewers Start To Ask About Our Personal Lives And What We Did — And I Could See The Look In Their Eyes. They Were Practically Frothing At The Mouth. So If I Answered These Questions, I Knew They Were Never Gonna Talk About The Music. It Was Like That Instinct — Don’t Go There, Man. Have Boundaries. Have Mystery. You Don’t Have To Let Everybody In! I Want To Be Singing To Everybody, And I Want Everybody To Think That I’m Singing To Them. Guys, Girls And Everyone In Between.

At This Point, A Lot Of People Have Made Their Mind Up About Me One Way Or Another. I'm Sure There's A Certain Segment Of Writers Who Won't Ever Give Me The Time Of Day, Hate Me, Don't Get Me, Don't Think I'm Good, Or Whatever. I Guess That's Fine. It's Only An Opinion. There Are Other People Who Do Get It, And Can Be Objective. I Could Be Wrong, But A Lot Of People, Except For Really Young People, Have Made Up Their Minds One Way Or The Other.