The Great Times Were Never

At Fifty. I Thought I Would Be Done. I Thought I'd Be Finished By Now. So I Have No Idea. I Just Leave It.

When The First Record Came Out, I'd Go Down To Radio Stations Pretty Much Every Day To Get The Record Played, And I Would Walk In And They'd Tell Us How Much They Loved The Record, But They Weren't Sure How Much They Could Play It Because They Were Already Playing A Girl.

I Play Ten, Twelve Weeks Out Of The Year, Five Times A Week, And I Really Still Love To Do It. But That's Not What I'm Interested In Doing Now. Even Though I Love It.

I Have Different Reasons For The Way That I React To Things Now That I Have Kids. It's Not About Me, It's About My Children Going Out Into This World That Makes Me Say, "what The Hell Are You All Doing?" I Have To Put Them Out There, And Then I Have To Worry.

In My Early 20s, I Had This Idea That I Was Going To Front A Band, Like Robert Plant Of Led Zeppelin. I Didn't Just Want To Be The Chick Singing Ballads About Somebody Breaking My Heart. Everyone In The Business Said, 'why Don't You Do What Olivia Newton-jonn And Linda Ronstadt Are Doing?' But I Wanted To Sing As A Powerful Female Who Wasn't Afraid To Speak Her Mind Or Be Sexual.