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All that stuff was at our fingertips and we were able to build our career even before we were signed. We had the groundwork and the confidence that if we didn’t want to be in the label situation, we could always go back and do it ourselves like we had done before. So, yeah, I consider us to be incredibly lucky timing wise. This is the first record by the Indigo Girls in four years. You’ve had a couple of solo releases in that time. Did you ever think of calling it quits with the band or did you just know the two of you will always be together in some way? No, we never thought of calling it quits. We definitely have an agreement that we don’t do a record until we’re ready to do it. And we needed that time to step back from the other one. We both had kids and I did want to do some solo stuff. It wasn’t Watch The Video For “Hammer & Nail” New Jersey Stage www.NewJerseyStage.com 14