I Can't Constantly Be Trying

I'm Really Going Off Of Watching John Waters Speak One Time And I Remember He Just Kind Of Talked And It Was Totally Interesting. I Wanted To Hear About His Life And How He Got Started And When Did He Think He Made It, Stupid Stuff Like That. And What His Relationship With The Mainstream Is Because He's So Far Out There, But Then He Became Part Of The Mainstream In This Weird Way. He Was Really Funny, Though. Yeah, I Have To Work On My Jokes.

I've Always Thought That "punk" Wasn't Really A Genre. My Band Started In Olympia Where K Records Was And K Records Put Out Music That Didn't Sound Super Loud And Aggressive. And Yet They Were Punk Because They Were Creating Culture In Their Own Community Instead Of Taking Their Cue From Mtv About What Was Real Music And What Was Cool. It Wasn't About A Certain Fashion. It Was About Your Ideology, It Was About Creating A Community And Doing It On Your Own And Not Having To Rely On, Kinda, "the Man" To Brand You And Say That You Were Okay.

I Always Wanted To Play Music, But My Family Was More Interested In Handing Me Paints And Markers. Art Was Always My Favorite Subject In School, And I Can Remember Staying Up All Night Drawing As A Small Child. My Expression Via Art Was Extremely Strong As I Grew And Hasn't Stopped.

Johnny Rotten Isn't Punk. Maybe That's Punk To Somebody, But These People Are Participating And Challenging The Corporations That Are Telling Us What Punk Is And What Good Music Is.

I Feel Like There's This Weird Thing That As A Feminist Band You Get Put In This Role As Ambassadors.