I Grew Up In A World That

I Have A Tough Time Judging Myself.

I Went From A Naive, Regular Girl In High School To Trying To Realize My Dream. When My Family Moved From The East Coast To California, I Thought In My Little Brain, "wow, I'm Going To Hollywood. I Could Actually Make This Happen." It Was Easier For Me To Think It's Possible Living In A Place Like Los Angeles Than Trying To Do It In Suburban Maryland.

I Left My Family, And I Left My Brother And Sister, And I Went And Lived My Dream. I Saw Everybody, But Is It Ever Enough?

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.

You Follow Any Family Around, You're Going To See Elation, You're Going To See Disharmony.