Alexa Ray Joel – HuffPost 11.18.10

Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists?

Alexa Ray Joel: I’m still learning, I’m far from perfect, and I’m still making my mistakes, kicking myself, and going, “I probably shouldn’t have made this move.” Not to be preachy at all, but my dad always says this: “Don’t take any s**t from anybody.” As someone who has always been overly polite and doesn’t want confrontation, I’ve worked with people who have kind of walked all over me, and when something didn’t feel right musically, I didn’t say anything. It’s so important as an artist–your songs are your babies, you have to protect them, and you cannot let anybody tweak them or finish them in a way that you feel isn’t right. So, I would say be really, really protective of your own material, and I guess, don’t take any s**t.