I Don't Like To Be Recognized On

The So-called Feminist Writers Were Disgusted With Me. I Did My Thing, And So I Guess By Feminist Standards I'm A Feminist. That Suits Me Fine.

I've Done Lots Of Songs For Film Soundtracks And Things Like That-stuff I'm Not Ashamed Of, But That Doesn't Represent My Legacy With The Pretenders...i Think Domesticity Certainly Doesn't Make It Easy To Write, You Know, Because You've Got A Lot Of Distractions And I Think A Writer Is Always Looking For Distractions.

Everyone Has Their Set Of Problems And I'm Certainly Not Going To Sensationalize Mine Or Try To Evoke Pity Or Sympathy Out Of People Because I Don't Think They Warrant That Sort Of Thing. That's My Private Karma That I Have To Work Out.

I Hope There Is An Edge To What I Do.

You Know, When You're 23 And You Get Pissed, I Mean Drunk, You Can Just Go Crazy And It's All Right. But If You're 43 And You Do It, It's Like Your Best Friend's Mother Who Used To Come In Pissed And Everybody Was Really Embarrassed. It Just Doesn't Go Down Well, You Know, After A Certain Age.