I Know Music Is Subjective.

I Think The Media Has Got Into This Enquirer Mentality. Years Ago, Legitimate Press Didn't Really Concern Itself With Sordid Details Of People's Personal Lives. That Wasn't The Focus. But Also A Lot Of Celebrities Were Bullied Into Revealing This Breakup Or Tragedy Or Divorce Or Problem. They Started To Talk About It And The Press Just Started To Talk About People's Private Lives. That Just Seems To Be The Norm.

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.

I Really Wanted It To Be Organic And Coming From My Heart. So, I Think Maybe The Initial Thought Of Wanting To Go In That Direction, I Had To Wait Until Things Happened In Our World And In Our Country That Fired Me Up Enough Where The Words Came Out Organically.

As A Kid, In The Runaways, I Would See The Interviewers Start To Ask About Our Personal Lives And What We Did — And I Could See The Look In Their Eyes. They Were Practically Frothing At The Mouth. So If I Answered These Questions, I Knew They Were Never Gonna Talk About The Music. It Was Like That Instinct — Don’t Go There, Man. Have Boundaries. Have Mystery. You Don’t Have To Let Everybody In! I Want To Be Singing To Everybody, And I Want Everybody To Think That I’m Singing To Them. Guys, Girls And Everyone In Between.

A Lot Of The Touring Stuff Has Become A Drag. Traveling Itself Is A Drag. Anyone Who's Been To An Airport Knows That.