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

I have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary.

I think you should be prepared for a green-screen CGI at all times.

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

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.

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive.

I think grief is a step towards strength because it allows you to be porous and take everything in, and have it transform you. What will sit within you is despairing, but at least it's feeling. You're not numb. Grief is sort of the allowance of feeling.