Gershon and her older brother, Dann, wrote a book together: Camp Creepy Time. Eeks!
AB: Do you remember your first album? That you bought?

GG: I actually remember stealing my first album. Isn't that terrible?

AB: Oh, tell me!

GG: Well, I had older brothers and sisters, so we had albums around the house, but the one that I actually got that was mine was Led Zeppelin IV.

AB: That's good.

GG: Yes. I listened to Led Zeppelin and The Wizard of Oz. I listened to that and Led Zeppelin IV. Isn't that crazy? And I had Jimi Hendrix, the Are You Experienced? album, and Dark Side of The Moon, definitely.

AB: So you had The Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of The Moon? That's great.

GG: It was a big mixture. And Patsy Cline – I loved Patsy Cline.

AB: I was going to ask you that, because I definitely pick up a Patsy Cline influence on the album.

GG: Yeah…

AB: Do you get that a lot? Do you not like that statement?

GG: You know that song, "Pearl," that's the definitely the song with the most Patsy Cline influence on it. I wrote that one night when I was really depressed. I had just gone through a break-up. I was moping and just like, "I'm going to write a bad Patsy Cline song," not thinking I could write anything remotely as good as her songs. And, actually, when I looked at it the next day, which turned out to be Pearl, I thought, "This isn't bad". I mean, I had to rework it a little, but it was basically the same song.

Gershon calls "Lost at Sea" her favorite track, but we prefer "Watch Over Me".
AB: How do you – you mentioned earlier that you don't have to act when you're singing. I'm curious as to the process of how split you split your creative sides. I mean, do you find singing to be more fulfilling because you can be yourself? Do you go into a different mindset?

GG: You know, it depends. Right now I'm starting a movie. It's fun, but it's a whole different process. I mean, it's harder in one way and easier in another. When I'm performing songs – it's really just fun. It's really – I'd have to say that performing songs live is the most fun out of anything. But, you know, doing live stage work, when I was doing Cabaret on Broadway – that was really fun. I think I like the live performance aspect of things, but when you're playing your songs with a band – I mean, there's just nothing like it. I mean, truly, it's the most fun.

AB: Yeah, you're quite the renaissance woman. I had no idea you had gotten into -

GG: I'm ADD. I'm a Gemini, you know.

AB: I had no idea you got into acting so young. I was curious how you certainly have some stamina – you haven't ended up like some other child or young stars. How did you keep your head?

GG: I think I kept a head, but lost my mind many times! I don't know. I think it's really difficult. I have to say music has been really helpful for me. When I get very down or – to me, you know, I started getting really into it when I was getting sick of acting, tired of the business. You know, the acting business can be pretty shitty at times and I hated not being in control or creatively I was getting stifled and not being able to do what I wanted to do. So, I found when I was feeling down or whatever, I just picked up a guitar and start writing and immediately feel creative and pure. It's a different process. If you want to make a movie, you have to go through agents and it's an ordeal. If I was making music, I'd make a call and say, "Hey, Ivan, wanna come over to the studio?" Musicians just love to play. There's a real purity in that.

Ms. Gershon's now back on set for a few movies before getting back on the road to spread her aural love. Buy In Search of Cleo and learn the lines!