Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.

I don't need anyone to hold me, I can hold my own.

I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me.

In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.

When everything else seems unclear, at least I'll know I do it for the joy it brings.

The way I play guitar is very, very hard and I bloody myself incredibly without the tape. And the nails are my picks.

Playing show after show is like my bread and butter.