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" I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act. "

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" I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art. "

" I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through. "

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" I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to. "

" I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that. "

" I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife. "

" I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now. "

" I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can. "

" I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time. "

" Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works. "

" I am comfortable performing now. I love it! "

" I don't like being approached by people who look at me too intensely, who needed something from me that I didn't have. I don't represent anything. "

" After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press. "

" I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to. "

" It makes sense - you wanna gather a lot of people together, and Vegas really does that well. New York can, but you know the hassles. I've lived there. It's an entirely different beast. "

" That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win. "

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" My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off. "

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" Everyone wants to get into soundtracks. Everyone wants to do songs here and there. But, I think they want it for different reasons. I think I'm just tumbling through my life, enjoying playing with everybody. "

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" I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror. "