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Mmhmm, yeah.  She was a good kisser  — that’s all I’m gonna say! Total rite of passage. I'm working on that! It was raw, simple and direct, and I feel like this record is as well. This, for me, is the arc of the last six years of my life – separating from my husband, losing my father, and separating from my management and record label of 23 years ago.

I’m hoping that Shine On is a little more like that in that it’s joie de vivre, in that it’s really open. I don't just wanna survive. We should be able to choose whom we love and how we love, and it’s not anybody’s goddamn business, really.

Of course.

And that for me, personally, was directed toward my mother, but I met a transgender kid about a month ago who introduced me to his mom because he was involved in this program that was addressing all the issues that he was facing, which includes coming out to your family. I hung out with a lot of women after the show and, uhh, there was one bartender in particular who was really hot!

 People are always interested in how people bend. Feminism has almost become a dirty word in the past 10 years, like, we don’t need that anymore; our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers did all that work and it’s done. You've done so much for bringing us together because I've connected through your songs. It’s the single most important message of expression for me.

It's absolute bullshit.
I got involved with Lifebeat (the leading national nonprofit focused on educating America's youth about HIV/AIDS prevention) really early on in New York.

So, for me, writing them down and processing through songwriting has always been a great way of getting stuff out.

The difference on this latest record is the forthrightness. I’ve made out with more than one woman, but it just sort of happened. It's absolutely fantastic. She is bold and proud and beautiful and has pretty much the best voice out there.

I mean, I’m pretty straight. She gave me a big hug and said, "Thank you so much. It's the single most important message of expression for me.  It’s a mutual lovin’!

You mention your girl-on-girl foray in 1991, and for the longest time people have made assumptions about your sexuality. I've never shied away from it.
(Laughs) They were so short-lived.