I've Done Some Acting And A Lot

I Don't Know If I Miss It Per Se, But I Do Miss The Fact That There Just Doesn't Seem To Be Any Rock 'n' Roll Out There Anyplace. Everything Does Seem Kind Of Tame. It's Even Hard In Manhattan To Go Out And Find A Good Band To Go See.

For Me The Challenge Isn't To Be Different But To Be Consistent.

I Remember Times When I Was At Shows And The Person Onstage Locked Eyes With Me. And In That Moment, Everything Was Right With The World. I Think That's Part Of My Job, To Create These Thousands Of Moments Every Night. And For The Rest Of Their Life, They Can Say, 'you Guys Looked At Me,' Or 'you Sweated On Me,' Or 'i Got Your Gum.'

At This Point, A Lot Of People Have Made Their Mind Up About Me One Way Or Another. I'm Sure There's A Certain Segment Of Writers Who Won't Ever Give Me The Time Of Day, Hate Me, Don't Get Me, Don't Think I'm Good, Or Whatever. I Guess That's Fine. It's Only An Opinion. There Are Other People Who Do Get It, And Can Be Objective. I Could Be Wrong, But A Lot Of People, Except For Really Young People, Have Made Up Their Minds One Way Or The Other.

I Remember Thinking That Janis Joplin Sang Like Mae West Talked. When I First Heard The Primal Scream In 'piece Of My Heart,' I Was Hooked. 'cheap Thrills,' Janis 'live' With Big Brother And The Holding Company, Was One Of My All Time Faves. During The 'whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa's' In 'combination Of Two,' I Couldn't Help But Go To The Mirror And Pretend I Was A Wild Woman Like Janis, In A Rock Band.