i had a job at a television station, wbsu and i left that job to go with my husband because he had become the public relations director for his uncle >>> so you get up to new york. i assume you're looking for a job in communications. >> yes >>> difficult to find. >> very different >>>-- very difficult >>> how did you get your music career started? >> because i couldn't find a job in television. i went back to the music. i thought i had to do something. i couldn't be the traditional housewife, which was what was expected of me being part of a political family. i enjoyed being a housewife, but there was something missing. so i started to go out and go to the jam sessions that they used to have a lot of in new york and that's when i started meeting other musicians and it got gigs. we played in the original red rooster >>> you have been described as someone who has a very unique voice. is that something that you deliberately worked on or a god-given gift? >> i think it's a little bit of both. i think you have to have a desire to create a unique voice in order to have one. everyone comes into