Before I Put Another Notch In My

We'll Just Play It Cool, Like Elvis At 19.

I Read Somewhere That We Are All More Than We Know. And I Really Believe That. Everybody Is Worth Something, And Think Of All The Amazing Things That You Could Be To Each Other, To People You Don't Even Know, Of All The Things That You Could Accomplish.

In My Early 20s, I Had This Idea That I Was Going To Front A Band, Like Robert Plant Of Led Zeppelin. I Didn't Just Want To Be The Chick Singing Ballads About Somebody Breaking My Heart. Everyone In The Business Said, 'why Don't You Do What Olivia Newton-jonn And Linda Ronstadt Are Doing?' But I Wanted To Sing As A Powerful Female Who Wasn't Afraid To Speak Her Mind Or Be Sexual.

Most Chick-singers Say "if You Hurt Me, I'll Die"... I Say, If You Hurt Me, I'll Kick Your Ass.

I Spent Most Of My Adult Life As Someone's Mother And The Rest Of My Life Trying To Make Sure That Children Are Safe. So This To Me Is - We Wrote Hell Is For Children In 1979.