Q：Do you consider yourself a feminist?22
A：I don't really know. What exactly is that?
Q：Basically it means you think women and men should be treated as equals.
A：Musically, girls can rock. Fuck that, who says they can't ? My brother used to be like, “You're a girl. You can't go hunting or fishing.” I'd be like, “You're stupid.” And we'd get into a huge fight.
Q：What effect23 do you think being a woman has had on how you write songs?
A：Girls seem to be more sensitive, right? That might help you write better. Guys like to hide their feelings. One thing being a woman that I don't do, though, is sell my body. I want people to respect me, and I don't go around shaking it or [grabs her chest] wearing a push-up24 bra.
Q：I was wearing a tie other day, and people were like, “You're rocking the Avril look.”
A：Every show I play, every girl is wearing a tie. It's funny—there's little Avrils everywhere. It's funny, because I always liked to be different, and now in this position, whatever I do everyone else is going to do.
Q：Do you remember when you first had a feeling you could write songs?
A：I knew probably when I was ten that I was going to be a writer somehow. I'd write books and make little novels. I'd write poetry and lay down on my floor and be like, “Whoa, I think I'm a poet.”
Q：What's the first record you ever bought?
A：This is going to sound really bad, but I've never bought a CD in my life. The first one I ever got was a Faith Hill25 CD my parents gave me. I only had a few growing up, because they were expensive and my family didn't have a lot of money.
Q：Were you always into26 skating?
A：No, I picked it up a couple summers ago.
Q：What do you tell teens who want to get into the biz27?
A：If you think you can really do it, just keep doing what you're doing and hopefully someone will find you at the right time and the right place, like me.
问：你认为自己是女权主义者吗？
答：我还真不清楚，女权主义到底是什么？
问：一般说来是指男女平等。
答：从音乐的角度来看，女孩也可以搞摇滚。我拷，谁说女子不能？我弟弟以前老这样说，“你是个女孩子，怎么能去打猎、钓鱼呢？”我就会这样说，“你是个蠢猪！”然后我们就吵个没完没了。
问：你认为做女人对你写歌有什么影响吗？
答：女孩子看上去更敏感些，对吧？这也许对写歌更有帮助。男孩子喜欢将情感深藏不露。不过，作为女人，有件事我是不会做的——我不会出卖肉体。我需要别人尊重我，我不会到处搔首弄姿的，也不会戴那种可上托的文胸[抓起自己的乳房]。
问：我不久前系了一条领带，有人就说了“你在扮酷装艾薇尔。”
答：我每次演出，女孩子们个个都系着领带。这很有意思——到处都有小艾薇尔，这确实很有趣，因为我总喜欢与众不同。现在到了这个地步，无论我做什么，大伙儿都跟着做。
问：你还记得你什么时候开始觉得自己能写歌？
答：我10岁的时候大概就知道了我会通过某种方式当作家的。我会写书，写些滥小说。我会写诗，躺在地板上喃喃自语：“哗，我想我是个诗人了。”
问：你买的第一张唱片是什么？
答：这说出来还真有点不好意思，我一辈子没买过CD。我的第一张菲丝·希尔的CD是我爸妈买给我的。到我长大了，也只有几张，因为CD太贵，我家里没什么钱。
问：你以前一直喜欢玩滑板吗？
答：不是，我几年前才学会了玩滑板。
问：对那些想进入这个圈子里的年轻人，你有何建议？
答：你要是真的认为自己能做这一行，就要持之以恒，说不准有人在适当的时候、适当的地点会看上你的，就像我这样。
22． feminist n． 男女平等主义者
23． effect n． 作用，影响
24． push－up adj． 可提高的
25． 菲丝·希尔，美国“国民天后”，第一首乡村音乐单曲为《Wild One》，专辑有《 Breath 》、 《 Faith》等
26． be into sth (非正式)热衷于，对……有兴趣
27． biz [biz] n． 商业，生意
28． glam＝glamorize 使……有魅力