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For a long time, I felt like I failed myself, my career, and my record company.

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It was a beauty contest in the '80s. If they played two women back to back on the radio, it was almost a scandal.

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When I became sober, I was 27 and struggling as an artist.

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As a kid, I was depressed and riddled with anxiety. The bottom dropped out when I was 19.

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My music is basically perceived as folk or softer rock.

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When I made 'A Few Small Repairs' and it did well, I followed that up with having a baby, and that was not received well at my record company. I was written off, and that had a bearing on my career.

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Put me in a room with a songwriter, and I just clam up. I get shy.

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I would say my whole first record, 'Steady On,' had a lot to do with healing.

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When you get into recovery, you have to relearn a lot of perceptions, attitudes, and self-awareness if you want to stay clean. You really do change.

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I don't support Trump. We'll put that right out there.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: January 10th, 1958

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