I wish I could open a piece of my brain and you could see into my memories.

When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen.

I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too; just different than mine.

I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that's great and fits you.

I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.

You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally taking t-shirts in the day and sewing them back together to make dresses for the night.

I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.