My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.
I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.

