I Work Really Well Under Pressure But

Aretha Franklin Was A Teenage Mom, A Musician Who Came From An Incredible Christian Background, And Where There Was A Lot Of Love, Which Is Really Inspiring In A Feminist Way.

There Is Something To Be Said For People Who Have To Work Hard, Be Creative, Produce What They Have With Little - Or No - Means. Those Of Us From Poor Homes Have The Advantage Of Thinking For Ourselves And Of Knowing That When Times Get Hard, Things Could Always Be Worse.

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 Think From A Major-label Perspective, If You Were On The Flip Side Of Things And That's The World You Were Used To Working In, Your Interpretation Could Be, "oh, They're Having Trouble Writing Songs," When Really It's Like, "no, I'm Not Ready To Write Songs, I Don't Want To Write A Song Right Now, If I Did Write A Song, It Would Be Forced."

I Knew That If I Wanted To Stop Being A Pushover I Had To Get Comfortable With Small Rejections Myself. That Took Some Work, But Because Of It I Can Now Say No To Other People With A Clear Conscience.