I have a very strange relationship in general with women around my music. There's some that understand it and some that think there should be a law against it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
We all have different relationships with music. But the music is always there.
I feel like a part of my role being a musician and part of why I want to be a musician is to show women an alternative to sort of the cultural norms, the stereotypes of what we're supposed to be, demure and quiet and motherly.
Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.
Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.
Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business.
To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.
Music is a male-dominated field.