Juliana Hatfield is really underrated. She writes amazing melodies and nothing is in her songs by chance. She is really hard on herself and is probably too modest for her own good. The Lemonheads went a bit wishy-washy though. I think she's had singing lessons, which normally only jazz and classical singers bother with.
Pop artists think they can get away with murder.
A lot of the people I like can play two or three instruments and sing and write their own songs. They are musically self-sufficient and that's important. No way, I'm still writing songs and I've got half an album already.