I feel like I've gotten to the point in my career and in my life where I can allow myself to write whatever comes into my head and not judge it too harshly.

All of my music, my stage show, my personality, my blog, my twitter feed, anything that's made me me, and a huge part of why people like and respect me, is that I just don't spend much energy on that other stuff. It's not worth it. It's a losing battle too. You're just screwed the minute you engage.

When you really look back and take the wider perspective, it makes total sense that if the status quo is to remain the way it is, women will not be lauded and applauded for bonding with and helping each other, because it would destroy the world order if women organized; it would topple the whole thing. And so, it makes perfect sense to me that the current order of things would encourage the cat fights and encourage the comparisons and encourage the girl-on-girl hate that you see just being promoted everywhere.

Art is food for the soul, and an artistic climate is a healthy climate because it breeds empathy.

I make the music that I want to make and make the show that I want to make. If you like it, you come. If you don't like it, you don't have to.

There's really no honor in proving that you can carry the entire load on your own shoulders. Andit's lonely.

I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.