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• ‟ Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it's all over is not something I want to do. I want a long career. I want to continue to play guitar and have as much guitar in there as possible in a commercial song without being too indulgent.

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• ‟ Girls are supposed to sing. It's the guys' thing to play the guitar. Crossing the line is kind of like trying to be a male ballerina. But if you work long and hard enough, are really passionate about it, people will finally shut up and listen.

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• ‟ 'Guitar World' is one of my favorite magazines.

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• ‟ When you're up on stage, especially being a female guitar player in a male-dominated field, if they just see you're into it, and it's your passion, and you're just giving it your all - it's not, like, an accessory - then it's all cool.

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• ‟ I'm a rock/blues guitar player. I'm not wanting to be a pop star or anything.

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• ‟ I was inspired to play electric guitar from listening to a lot of Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and B.B. King, and that's always been the kind of music that I gravitate toward.

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• ‟ I think people see me, and they can't get past my looks or the fact that a girl can be serious about playing the guitar.

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• ‟ A great guitar solo is really a song within a song. You can always go off and do your pageantry, but it has to be structured.

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• ‟ I'd like to be able to get more girls to play guitar. I think with a girl playing electric guitar, sometimes it's seen a bit like a guy doing ballet. All the people I learned guitar from have been guys. There are some great female players, like Bonnie Raitt and Jennifer Batten, but very few.

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• ‟ My dad is a guitar player with huge vinyl record collection. I loved listening to his albums, especially Cream and The Yardbirds.

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• ‟ I'm lucky that my family is musical. Music was encouraged. So when I saw Carlos Santana play and decided to really pursue the electric guitar in earnest, it was OK. My parents knew I was going to go for it.

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• ‟ I've been playing electric guitar since I was 11, and I love the blues.

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