I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.

I'd love to have a shoe line, or a sunglasses line, or a purse line. Who am I kidding, I'd like to have an everything line!

I have to remember the good people in the world outnumber the bad people. I think when you start to feel frustrated or you have no hope left in humanity or whatever, you've got to just remember that there are people out there who are working incredibly hard to get a positive message across.

I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in everything.

I was never really that great at sewing, but I had a good idea of what I wanted things to look like.

I'm really proud to be a woman making music. Nothing makes me happier than when other women approach me at shows and say, "You've inspired me to start writing music," or, "I feel like we could be best friends." Music is a male-dominated business, so it's nice to see bands with girls in them, and not just a bunch of dudes with beards in flannel shirts.

One of my favorite things as a teenage girl was getting dressed up to go to shows.