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Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo – Jo being the writer and the misfit.
Good news doesn’t necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one’s fellow man.
What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn’t have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that’s startling or is so poignant.
When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock ‘n’ roll was asleep.
I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn’t vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.
What I wanted to do in rock ‘n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison.
I’m not saying I wasn’t flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.
My mom loved rock ‘n roll. My father hated it. We couldn’t play it when he was around.
The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.