what a girl needs, volume 1

"It's a good time to be someone like Steve Earle or Lucinda Williams," Whitley suggests. "There is a need for artists like them, because without them we'd lose our minds. It's like Tom Waits, who sold more albums last year than he probably ever has, thanks to what limited options there are in pop music. "You know, you can screw all you want, but sometimes you'd rather make love."