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If At Any Moment Of The Day I Ever Think I'm Remotely Cool At All, Which Is Hardly Ever, I Have Two Daughters Who Make Sure That Never Happens.

First Of All, I'm Pretty Private About My Personal Life.

I've Enjoyed Every Age I've Been, And Each Has Had Its Own Individual Merit. Every Laugh Line, Every Scar, Is A Badge I Wear To Show I've Been Present, The Inner Rings Of My Personal Tree Trunk That I Display Proudly For All To See. Nowadays, I Don't Want A "perfect" Face And Body; I Want To Wear The Life I've Lived.

It's Really Hard To Make Records And Concentrate And Have A Free Mind, Because I Have This Whole Other Life. If You Don't Have Kids It's A Whole Other Thing. I Think You Can Be Fifty And Still Have A Rock And Roll Lifestyle; You Can Still Perpetuate That.

In My Early 20s, I Had This Idea That I Was Going To Front A Band, Like Robert Plant Of Led Zeppelin. I Didn't Just Want To Be The Chick Singing Ballads About Somebody Breaking My Heart. Everyone In The Business Said, 'why Don't You Do What Olivia Newton-jonn And Linda Ronstadt Are Doing?' But I Wanted To Sing As A Powerful Female Who Wasn't Afraid To Speak Her Mind Or Be Sexual.