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“We were raised with the idea that we had limitless chances and we got very shocked to learn that wasn't the case.”

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Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.

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I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers.

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Ninety-eight percent of the singing I did was private singing - it was in the shower, at the dishwasher, driving my car, singing with…

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I always thought competition was for horse races and it never belonged in art. I never felt that competitive with other girl singers, really.

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Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.

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I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based…

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the relentless touring and endless repetition of the same songs over and over again promoted a creeping awareness that my music had begun to…

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“We wanted to sing about the passions of mature women: love and concern for our children, love between trusted and treasured friends, the precariousness…

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I never thought of myself as a rock singer. I was interested in songs like 'Heart Like a Wheel,' and I liked the others…

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If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen.

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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that…

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