From a self-conscious standpoint, it's hard to see myself on a screen in a way that isn't just me playing music or doing something silly.

The fact that people go to Portland to visit a tiny feminist bookstore-no matter what the impetus is for them getting there-the fact that they go in there and look around and shop for books or stationery or whatever, is a major source of pride for me.

From a self-conscious standpoint, it's hard to see myself on a screen in a way that isn't just me playing music or doing something silly.

I really don't know what to do when my life is not chaotic.

Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.

I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political actor or a political musician. It becomes this thing where somehow your art can no longer exist on its own and be multifaceted.

I don't want to mislead people.