What kept you motivated all those years?
I'm a very competitive person in general, so I'm never into giving up, even in the face of everyone telling you "no." I would look in the music industry and see a void there for a movement for female artists that were unapologetic, that had something to say -- that were a bit rock 'n' roll, a bit pop. It wasn't contrived rock 'n' roll where I just put on a studded belt and I think I'm rock 'n' roll. That's bull. It was, like, true. It was like Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper -- all those girls, and then there wasn't any more of those. I mean, there was like Shirley Manson, Alanis Morissette, and The Cranberries, but that was in the '90s. Now in the 2000s, there are girls like Hayley from Paramore, and hopefully I can be a part of that group of girls that brings a little bit of the rock.

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