There's a huge cloud of shame around art and business being seen as bedfellows.

I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you're afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.

How do we let people pay for music?

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.

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

The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff.