I Know What I Want! And I

Because I Didn't Have Any Queer, Lesbian, Female Role Models I Hated My Own Femininity And Had To Look Deep Within Myself To Create An Identity That Worked For Me. Pop Culture Just Doesn't Hand Us Enough Variety To Choose From.

Olympia Was A Town Crawling With Music. I Was New To The Whole Punk Scene. The Culture Shock Continued; Olympia Had Bagels! We Didn't Have Bagels In Arkansas. You Could Order Vegetarian Food All Over Town! It Was So Crazy To Me - A Place With So Many Vegetarians, The Restaurants Made Special Dishes For Them?

Someone Told Me Once That Lucinda Williams Takes Six Years Between Albums, And That's What Stuck To Me; It's Like, You Really Are A Factory. You Don't Do Things To Make Them, On Your Own Time.

I Thought To Be Feminine Was To Give In To Straight Culture, Or The Beauty Standard, But In My Heart I Had A Flair For Fashion And Style. They Were Passions I Kept Secret Because I Didn't Understand I Could Love Clothes And Hair And Makeup And Still Like Girls.

This Is How I Feel About Everything That's Out Of Your Control: Once You Make A Record, It's Not Yours Anymore. There's Nothing You Can Do. It's The Way I Feel About Political Movements - Both Of Those Things Grow On Their Own.