It's Neat To Have Finally Reached A

Dreams Were All They Gave For Free To Ugly Duckling Girls Like Me.

I Played For Anybody And Everybody From The Time I Started Playing Guitar, When I Was 10 Or 11.

I Gave Guitar Lessons. I Tried To Join Bands. My Mom Always Said It Was Obvious That Nothing Was Going To Stop Me.

I Was One Of I Think Three White Girls In My School. So, I Was Very Much An Outsider. And Plus I Was Jewish And All Of My Friends Were Black And Baptist Because They Listen To The Coolest Music. We Were All Listening To Ray Charles And What Was Then Called Race Music.

It's What I Do Well - I Write About Things That Make People Uncomfortable. That's Probably The Only Thing I Do Better Than My Peers.