Crucify

“Bells started going off every time I wouldn’t stick up for myself. I accepted Quasimodo was a squatter in my cerebral area. A rhythmic pattern kept chasing me around. I dug out the drum machine and put the pattern down. I would leave that pattern on for hours while I just sat and argued with myself about stuff. The first music to get put to the pattern was the ‘B’ section, ‘I’ve been looking for a saviour’... a door opened and the demons started to show up.” [Little Earthquakes songbook] "I know a cat named Easter he says: will you ever learn? You’re just an empty cage girl, if you kill the bird… "

“That cat is Jesus. He’s my love [smiles]. He gives me wisdom. The rest is up to yourself.” [Oor - March 7, 1992]

“I’ve been in the alternative stations because they won’t play my lyrics. The whole Bible-belt banned me for ‘Crucify’ because they thought I was being sacrilegous. They felt that it was detrimental material for their children and that it was blasphemous. So ‘Crucify’ was banned and ‘Silent All These Years’ using 4-letter words, I think.” [Hollywood Report - September 10, 1992]