It would nice to live in a world where art can just be art!

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

If we can repair things emotionally, a lot of other things would follow.

You tour and you work hard and you take care of your fans and very real things lead to other real things. There's never been some fantastic fluke or break in my career, it has all been very slow and steady.

I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars or fine artists or writers, it is the subhistory of female artists that if you're going to make art, you're also going to have a full-time job of defending your right to make art.

I've always felt like an outsider across the board, since day one. The challenge has been to simply not pay attention to my outsider or insider status and just do the work and play the shows and connect with the people. And not even bother to play this game of keeping score, which is what destroys you.

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.