Most Chick-singers Say "if You Hurt Me,

When I Was A Kid About Joining The Peace Corps. It Said It Was "the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love." This Is What Parenting Is, As Far As I'm Concerned. This Is Parenting. That Is The Friggin' Peace Corps. Because You Don't Love Doing This - This Is The Thing You Love The Most In Your Life, It's The Best Thing You Ever Do.

It's So Hard [to Be Parent] And No Matter How Old You Get And How Experienced You Get You're Always Scared You're Going To Screw It Up And You're Going To Make A Mistake.

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.

I Can't Stand What People Do To Each Other. I Think We're Brilliant As A Species. I Think We Are Amazing. I Think That God Is Incredible, That He Just Gave Us Everything. Everything In Our Face. Everything For Us To Use. And Sometimes We're Such Shitheads. And It Makes Me Crazy.

Everything Must Change, Everything Must Move Forward.