My Parents Taught Me I Could Be

Blackheart Records Being 25 Years Old Represents Staying Power And The Fact That We Weren't Able To Get A Record Out Through Conventional Means, So We Had To Create This Record Company To Put Out Our Records If We Wanted To Be A Band That Had Records To Give Out To Their Fans.

Something Happens, You Can't Even Put Your Finger On It, And Then You Don't Quite Feel The Same Way Anymore. All Of A Sudden, There's Fights Or Something And You Are Going "who Is This Person?" I've Seen This Happen To Other People And It Has Happened To Me.

Girls See These Defined Roles They're Supposed To Follow In Life, But When I Was A Young Child, My Parents Told Me I Could Be Anything.

That Was Exactly Why People Didn't Want To Give Us Any Kind Of Life, Because We Were Threatening Their Status Quo, And They Just Didn't Want To Have Room For Girls Playing Rock 'n' Roll. It Bothered Them. First, People Just Tried To Get Around It By Saying, "oh, Wow, Isn't That Cute? Girls Playing Rock 'n' Roll!," And When We Said, "yeah, Right, This Isn't A Phase; It's What We Want To Do With Our Lives," It Became, "oh! You Must Be A Bunch Of Sluts. You Dykes, You Whores." That's What It Became. Then It Became A Name-calling Contest.

Obviously, The Music And Lyrics Are In Me, But If I Let Myself Get In My Own Way, I Do. I Empty Out And Let It Come, And Then The Music Spirits Take Over.