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Beyond Just Writing About Falling In Love And Out Of Love And Wanting To Do Certain Things And Going Out And Partying And All The Things That I Grew Up Writing About, I Want To Write About Deeper Things.

The Runaways' Audience Was 90 Percent Male. That Was Kind Of Depressing...why Don't Women-our Own Gender-come Out And Support Us?

That Was Exactly Why People Didn't Want To Give Us Any Kind Of Life, Because We Were Threatening Their Status Quo, And They Just Didn't Want To Have Room For Girls Playing Rock 'n' Roll. It Bothered Them. First, People Just Tried To Get Around It By Saying, "oh, Wow, Isn't That Cute? Girls Playing Rock 'n' Roll!," And When We Said, "yeah, Right, This Isn't A Phase; It's What We Want To Do With Our Lives," It Became, "oh! You Must Be A Bunch Of Sluts. You Dykes, You Whores." That's What It Became. Then It Became A Name-calling Contest.

The Follow Your Dreams Thing Is Really Important Because So Many People Are Railroaded Into Taking Other Paths By Their Family, Their Friends, People Who Should Be Supportive Going, 'what Are You Talking About?' Even Just Seemingly Regular Career Paths, But If It's Not What People Expect For You They Kind Of React Funny.

Being The First Is Kind Of Dirty, And It's Great