I think you can't have this discussion and you can't have a discussion about feminism and the consciousness of the world without having a discussion about what has happened to men lately. They're holding the other side of the bag.

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

The key is to just focus on the spots where the love is real, because you can just drive yourself crazy focusing on the negativity, focusing on the relationships that are irreparable and just aren't going to work, trying to convince the haters that you are indeed lovable. So much of that is wasted energy.

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

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.

Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.