Performing songs from the points of view of sexually liberated women.
2
Performing songs that are full of sexual innuendo and bravado
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Quote
1
I decided to do some outside material once for an album. I stated getting some songs pitched to me. And I would get cardboard boxes full of cassette tapes. Every one of them stated out with crying. I said "Is this all we [women] do? Cry?"... And I thought, "Oh this is really, really boring.". But as it got younger, you know, it's about the cute boys.
2
If I were writing at 20, I would have written entirely differently, because you see life entirely differently. But as an almost 50 year old, it's different. It's sexual but not quite so in-your-face. It's a different deal. For me to get up there and say "I'm going to wear long fingernails and hair extensions and show a lot of skin, an then I'll sing about crying"... that wouldn't have worked. I just sang what I felt at the time.
3
Writing is the key to all this success for me.
4
It's always interesting to see how people perceive you. I was perceived as being very sexual. I think in the beginning, and that's just a big hoot: "Who me?"
5
I write songs the way I think women think today.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Thing Called Love
1993
performer: "I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME BUT I REMEMBER YOU" / writer: "I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME BUT I REMEMBER YOU"
Because It's Christmas: Barry Manilow
1991
Video documentary performer: "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
White Palace
1990
performer: "Younger Men" / writer: "Younger Men"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Evening Shade
1994
TV Series
Loleen Elldridge
The Thing Called Love
1993
Lucy
Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders
1993
TV Movie
Candy
Guns of Paradise
1990
TV Series
Lenore
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Biography
2006
TV Series documentary
Herself
CMT: 40 Greatest Women of Country Music
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Oprah Winfrey Show
2002
TV Series
Herself
Roger Miller Remembered
1998
TV Special
Herself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1993
TV Series
Herself
The Women of Country
1993
TV Movie
Herself
The Academy of Country Music's Greatest Hits
1993
TV Special
Herself
Hot Country Nights
1991
TV Series
Herself
One on One with John Tesh
1991
TV Series
Herself
Because It's Christmas: Barry Manilow
1991
Video documentary
Herself - Singer
All-Star Salute to Our Troops
1991
TV Movie
Herself
A Festival at Ford's
1991
TV Special
Herself
The 18th Annual American Music Awards
1991
TV Special
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1990
TV Series
Herself
24th Annual Country Music Association Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself - Performer
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
TV Movie
Herself
An All Star Salute to Country Music
1990
TV Movie
Herself
The 17th Annual American Music Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music