Adam: How many tracks did you record for I AM & 5:30 Saturday Morning?
Lennon: We worked up about 16 or 17. Only 12 made it. My two favorite songs we recorded for 5:30 didn’t make the album. We play some live every night, so it makes up for not having them on the album.

A: What was the deciding factor in releasing Career Suicide?
L: We needed the money. (Laughs) Mainly because I AM wasn’t done yet, and we wanted to give them something to tide the fans over until the next album.

A:Why re-record My Beautiful as a duet w/ Travis Meeks?
L: I was never happy with the original version. I can’t even listen to 5:30 because of it. I wanted to redo it for a next record, with a guy. And I knew Travis from touring and called him up one day, and he’s like “I’m in Nashville.” It is incredible rewrite; it’s the way it should have been. We weren’t sure if it would work out, but it did and I love it.

A: Couldn’t Breathe is my favorite song of yours. I can really relate to the lyrics. What was the inspiration behind it?
L: I actually wrote it at a funeral. The person a majority of my songs are about was there. We couldn’t really talk to each other, cause another person was there… it’s a complicated story. It was the moment you wanted to breathe, wanted to kiss and we couldn’t. That one moment when something could have happened, should have happened but you didn’t take the chance.

A: Where would you be today w/o music?
L: I made a deal with myself. If something didn’t happen by the time I graduated from High School, I’d give up. I didn’t want to be that musician sitting in the same fucking bar playing the same fucking songs night after night.

A: And if it hadn’t happened, what them?
L: If it didn’t happen before I graduated, I’d have gone to college, and studied English Literature or clothing design.

A: English Lit?
L: I read a lot. Right now, it’s Marquee De’sade.

A: Has there ever been a time in your life when you just wanted to give up and call it quits?
L: Every fucking day. I mean, just recently my bus got totaled. It was my turn to drive … a lot of times I want to quit. We’re on a 22 day run … it gets rough.

A: I know touring is hard. Being away from loved ones for so long. Do you meet many fans you keep in touch with regularly?
L: There are a lot of fans that become like family and come and visit me. Sometimes they’re the only one’s I get Christmas cards from.

A: How do you decide which tracks make it onto a release or in a set list?
L: Whichever songs best fit. Every show is different for us. We look at the crowd, decide what to pull, what to keep in. What the band is playing the strongest.

A: When’s your birthday?
L: March 31st. I’m an Aries.

A: Was that really Jack Daniels you were drinking on stage?
L: Oh yeah. I’m a Heavy drinker. I use it vocally. It really opens up the throat. The running joke is, you can tell how sick Lennon is by how much she drinks on stage. I’ve done shows with a 104 fever. And I still put on the same song. I’ve done shows with laryngitis. And I smoke. Camel lights. So far, no problems. I’m not too worried about it. I’m a 3 pack a day smoker.

A: Why the rock genre?
L: I was playing the piano and after hearing nine inch nail’s “something I can never have” I decided that was the music I wanted to do. You can display every feeling in hard rock music.

A: Have you met Mr. Reznor?
L: No, not yet. But I will.

A: Who are you listening to now?
L: Audioslave, Clutch, Fionna Apple. I don’t know why I like Fiona Apple? I don’t like many female singers, actually. Other then Lisa Loeb, and Ani Difranco. I got to meet Lisa; she’s a great person. Met her in passing after a show. I was like “great show.” And she was like, “Thanks.”