I Used To Get Bullied By The

I Don't Want To Make Niche-oriented Music.

All That Ever Holds Somebody Back, I Think, Is Fear. For A Minute I Had Fear. [then] I Went Into The [dressing] Room And Shot My Fear In The Face.

Every Bit Of Me Is Devoted To Love And Art. And I Aspire To Try To Be A Teacher To My Young Fans Who Feel Just Like I Felt When I Was Younger. I Just Felt Like A Freak. I Guess What I'm Trying To Say Is I'm Trying To Liberate Them, I Want To Free Them Of Their Fears And Make Them Feel That They Can Make Their Own Space In The World.

I Used To Get Made Fun Of For Being Either Too Provocative Or Too Eccentric, So I Started To Tone It Down. I Didn't Fit In, And I Felt Like A Freak.

More Education For Women. More Jobs For Women. More Equal Opportunities For Women. More Women To Be Taken Seriously. And I Think More Than Anything We Wish To Be Heard And Not To Be Shut Down. I Think This Is A Good Thing To Think About For Any Community; What Is Important Is That Our Voices Be Heard And Not Swallowed In An Abyss Of History.