I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music.

There are foods you should avoid. For me, sugar is a no. Because it gives me a spike and then a crash.

I will say, as a woman, when you put a mustache on, you find out a lot of things about yourself.

I like to connect with people through my work. That's my favorite way - meetings of the minds, fans at a show. Those are nice mediated ways of hanging out.

People are wearing fleece, which is a hard fabric to be angry in.

I think short-term goals are important. Trying to set a missive for yourself for the entire year can be daunting, and it can feel too easy to fail or fall short of that.

With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song.