Her songs about identity and experience made her a voice for a generation.
If you want to hear her at her most direct, try 'Yes I Am.' For something a little grittier, 'Your Little Secret' still holds up.
When she came out as a lesbian in 1993, it wasn't just a personal statement, it gave her music a new kind of gravity. Songs like 'Yes I Am' and 'Your Little Secret' carried that weight without losing their rock-and-roll drive. She's used that platform ever since, whether singing about love or surviving breast cancer.
Her self-titled debut arrived in 1984, but it was 1989's 'Brave and Crazy' that really put her on the map with 'I'm The Only One.' The years that followed brought more hits, a public coming-out, and collaborations with people like Elton John and Bruce Springsteen.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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