And I was a kid from L.A. And I just wanted to play thrash metal.
During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.
Every band wants to play in every city. We all do.
Go in, do a great job, be super professional.
I didn't start watching wrestling until 2015.
I do remember being a kid and hearing Van Halen. My dad was always playing Van Halen in the car.
I love to play guitar. I've never really been the type of guitar player that goes, 'I'll only play this style of music or that thing.'
I might come across like kind of a show-off onstage and stuff, but I like collaborating with people.
I record everything myself, I engineer everything myself.
I remember sobbing myself to sleep because I couldn't play an open G chord.
I saw Jennifer Batten do a cool guitar solo before I ever saw any other girl do a cool guitar solo.
I started playing guitar because of instrumental guitar music.
I started playing guitar because of seeing Steve Vai.
I think the WWE Universe have really accepted me, because they know I'm one of them.
I was definitely not one of those kids prodigy guitar players.
I was not a super social kid and I didn't have the easiest time making friends.
The important thing to remember is you control you. Nothing else can control you.
If I go on stage and I think I look cool and I think I'm playing well, that's what it's all about, I think.
You know, I try not to think too much about women guitarists versus men guitarists; the world does that for me.
It's not odd to be a female in a band anymore. It's not odd to be a girl carrying a guitar case to a gig.
When it's your own name that is the business, the business never stops.
