I`ve always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.
I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We`re playing too many women right now, we can`t play your record.
I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it`s not unlike the rest of the world, so I`m not as up in arms about it as I could be.