I don't think of myself as particularly cursed or blessed. I think I got dealt a set of cards, and I'm playing with them, sometimes in heels, sometimes in combat boots.

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

I have a handful of really close relationships in my life and I depend on those people heavily to carry me through and to help me stay steady.

One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and being looked at, being assessed for really superficial stuff.

Life as it should be: all friends, all art, all music, all love, all the time.

I don't try to make anybody outside happy.

I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able to really hold each other up because of the internet tools. And the really top-down pyramid scheme of major labels and typical superstars isn't sustainable anymore because the system has collapsed.