People Like To Tear You Down. People

When You're Onstage And The Audience Is Smiling And Singing And Bopping Along And You're All On The Same Level, It's The Best Feeling In The World. It May Sound Dumb And Corny To Say It, But It's Like Pure Love.

Performance-wise, You Really Need To Be Down In The Trenches; You Need To Do The Hard Work, For A Lot Of Reasons: To Build Yourself As A Performer, To Get A Sense Of The Audience, To Work Hard And To Wonder, 'do I Really Want To Do This?'

I Consider That Success For Anything, Whether It's Being A Musician Or A Writer. As Long As You Can Support Yourself, You're Successful. People Need To Change Their Idea Of What Success Is.

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.

If You Really Believe In Yourself, You Cannot Listen To Other People.