My Yearn For Home Is

I Firmly Believe That The Only Reason Why I'm On This Planet, The Only Reason Why I Live, Breathe, And Exist Is, That It's My Duty To Be As Honest As Possible In My Art.

In A Perfect World, There Would Be No Censorship, Because There Would Be No Judgement. I Find The Hypocritical Aspect Disconcerting, To Say The Least. We Can Show People Being Murdered On Television, But I'm Not Able To Say "chickenshit" In Public. At The Same Time, I Understand That People Are Afraid. Because I Think Censorship Is About Fear. It's Just Fear Being Projected Onto Art.

What Influenced Me Was Tori Amos, Who Was Unapologetic About Expressing Anger Through Music, And Sinead O'connor. Those Two In Particular Were Really Moving For Me, And Very Inspiring, Before I Wrote 'jagged Little Pill.'

I Need To Be Performing. I Need To Be Acting. I Need To Be Designing A Condo And Ripping Down Walls And Buying New Plates And Looking At Fashion Magazines. There Always Has To Be Some Movement In The Artistic Department For Me To Not Get Really, Really Low.

I Found That The More Truthful And Vulnerable I Was, The More Empowering It Was For Me.