I thought there were too many songs about people's personal lives.

I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15.

I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make lyrical decisions based on what looks better. Also I write based on what I saw for a video. I obsess over lyrics in the hopes that they'll endure in different ways. I'm very precious about it.

In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.

I think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think.

I just make music based on what I believe.

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.