She is one of the all-time greats, really up there with ANYONE. It's so interesting how many people are out there who would LOVE her if they deigned to listen. (I've heard from several in response to this piece.) Very few artists have ever had a bigger catalog of wonderful songs -- the albums are invariably filled with them, at least 100 truly great ones, and another 50 or so really good ones -- and she's only 32. She'll be making great records that we won't be here to hear. I can't think of a female precedent for her in all of rock. I'm so grateful to have found her. I would have felt really stupid if I got to the afterlife and found out that I'd missed her.