“I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.”
Nature
“And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.”
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“I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure.”
Home“I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.”
Music“Pop music is not a threatening style of music.”
Music“Def Leppard is obviously a different band that we are, but the music work well tighter. And the audiences seem work well together too. We are opening, but we're having a good time.”
Music“You follow any family around, you're going to see elation, you're going to see disharmony.”
Family“I sure saw a lot of kids that I'm sure didn't know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, we'd talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So I'm sure we made a lot of new fans.”
Music“I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.”
Age“And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.”
Music“Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.”
Music“Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.”
Music“I know music is subjective.”
Music“I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.”
Strength“The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.”
Equality“So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us.”
Music“I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.”
Food“People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.”
Women“Cutting meat out of your diet is the best thing you can do for animals and your own health.”
Diet“Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world.”
Environmental“Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like.”
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