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If I Was Writing Songs Just For Me I'd Only Play Them In My Living Room, Alone.

In Order For My Live Performance To Work, Which Is About Generating A Focused Energy For About An Hour And A Half, It Is Necessary For Me To Listen And Take In Someone Else's Focused Energy The Day Of Or The Day Before The Live Show. That Can Transpire Through A Conversation, Or Inspiration Can Occur By Looking Through Any Type Of Visual Book Which Sparks A Narrative. That Narrative Then Becomes Today's Seed And Can Then Take Root In Music Terms, Where A Sonic Tree Begins To Grow.

For Many Years, I Shut Down That Place Inside Myself That Needed To Rage, Cry, Ask Questions And Basically Just Express Herself. I Made A Conscious Choice When I Put (the Song) 'me And A Gun' On The Record Not To Stay A Victim Anymore.

My Mother Says I Was Two-and-a-half When I Started Playing. My Father Was A Minister, And When He Went To Church In The Morning, She Would Put On Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole And Cole Porter Records. I'd Crawl Up On The Piano Stool, Sit On A Phone Book And Play.

When They Say Take From My Body, I Think I'll Take From Mine Instead. Getting Off, Getting Off While They're All Down Stairs.