Linda Perry

I get to do all the styles of music that I love. There's no boundaries; there's nobody holding on to me saying I can't do that.

I love being home. I play with my dogs.

I didn't like being out in the limelight. I love performing, but that's it.

I just love music. I love writing songs. It's not even a job; it's a gift. I'm waiting for someone to kick me out of the party because I snuck in here, and I keep thinking somebody's going to figure out that I have no clue. Turns out that most of them have even less of a clue.

I was raised in a time when parents brought out belts, and you got tough love.

I love writing songs, but I don't want to write the songs everyone else is asking me to write.

To me, I feel like everything I touch will do good. Because my heart and my passion is all in the right spot. And you can't go wrong with that. But maybe I'm naive.

We're married. We are one now. There's no running away. We have to deal with things together and figure them out, and that's the greatest gift. I'm in it. People ask me, 'How do you maintain a relationship?' I don't know, but all I do know is that I chose Sara to be the one, and when I choose something, that's all that matters, and I'm totally in.

I love just helping people; that's what I'm good at.

I would love for Radiohead to give me a call and say, 'Hey, kid, we wanna see what it's like working with you. We want you to produce our next record.'

I love Pink, and I love Christina Aguilera. Something about Christina always inspires me to do things that are really different.

Music comes from inside. It's not a style. It's just passion.