In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun.

In real life Ming Tea consisted of actor Mike Myers Hoffs Canadian musician/producer Christopher Ward and singer Matthew Sweet. Robbie Fulks wrote about her in "That Bangle Girl" which appears on his album The Very Best of Robbie Fulks. This group made a number of television performances (with Myers in character as Powers) and had a minor hit with the song "BBC".

She is best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.