Terri Walker chats to I Like Music

TERRI: It depends on the day and depends on the vibe. Sometimes I need to hear music to give me a picture of what I want to say, and sometimes a line will just come into my head, so [sings] I Am What I Am and then I focus on that constantly, and the song will draw from there, so what am I? Do I want it to be serious or do I want it to be fun? In this song, I'm singing 'I Am the twinkle in your eye, I Am, I Am, I mean, obviously I'm taking the piss, I'm not really going to say I'm that great as a person, but it's kind of the tongue in cheek, and that's how I wanted it to come across and it did.

And often it depends on situations. Like there's a song on my third album called No Matter Whatever, it's about my girlies. Like one of my friends is always getting herself in these situations and she always feels embarrassed when she phones to say, 'Oh Terri, I've gone and done it again, and I'm like, 'I'm your friend, no matter what you do, I'm here for you, don't worry about that shit, it don't work, that's why I'm your friend. I'm not a part time friend, I'm here for everything, so I'm saying no matter, whatever, call me, don't feel afraid to be here. And that's one of my favourite songs on there because it reminds me of all my girls. I've got a lot of really close girl friends and it is about empowering us as women, but it is about letting us know that we are strong and can do whatever we want to do. To let each other know that we're here for each other, because not all women are bitchy with each other. They make it out like we are and it's horrible, I don't like that.
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