"For years I gave the press really ugly pictures of myself which would make me cringe...And I didn't exist!...They can't market you, so you don't appear to the public, so you don't have a voice."
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Memoirists from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesSinger-songwriters from the United StatesGuitarists from the United StatesWomen singers from the United States
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quoted in Evans, Liz (1994). Women, Sex and Rock 'n' Roll: In Their Own Words, p. 217. London, Pandora.
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