I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring.

It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've transformed into these different people. We like to think that. I feel in some ways that I am still so much my younger self. There are ways that I'm different: I feel like I'm wiser and kinder. But I think a lot of the impulses are still the same. I learned that.

I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting.

I got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe.

After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking up a guitar meant anything to me other than an exercise.

I have no problem spending money on a great meal with friends or a flight to see somebody that I love, versus something like a fancy car. I don't need a fancy car. I don't need a giant TV.

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