High School Wasn't So Bad Though Because,

I Love Sad Songs. They Say So Much. I Love Country Music But Even The Happy Songs Sound Really Sad.

I Think From A Major-label Perspective, If You Were On The Flip Side Of Things And That's The World You Were Used To Working In, Your Interpretation Could Be, "oh, They're Having Trouble Writing Songs," When Really It's Like, "no, I'm Not Ready To Write Songs, I Don't Want To Write A Song Right Now, If I Did Write A Song, It Would Be Forced."

I Was Given Baby Doll Toys Myself, And They Proved A Stark Reminder That My Life Was Expected To Revolve Around Childbearing - Just As My Mom's Had Before Me, And Her Mom's Had Before Her.

I Never Went To College And I Was Raised In Arkansas So There Wasn't A Lot Of Academic Language Being Thrown Around My House. We Weren't Idiots, But I Didn't Have That Access To Academic Feminism. I Had To Realize, On My Own, That Feminism Is Not Just About How Far Ahead You Can Get In A Job And It Isn't About Not Wearing Makeup. It Isn't About Not Watching Your Waistline. I Had To Recreate The World Entirely.

I Grew Up With The Motto Of "they Can't Kill You And Eat You," And I Still Think That's Right. You Sure As Hell Can't! When It Comes To Speaking About My Body Makes Other People Uncomfortable But It Doesn't Make Me Uncomfortable. It Makes Them Think More About Themselves Than It Makes Them Judge Me. I've Always Had This Body And Had To Live With It. I've Never Been A Little Thing. I've Been Smaller But I've Never Been Small, Even As A Baby. I've Never Had That Window Into That Kind Of World Where People Only Talk To You Because You're Conventionally Sexy.