I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school - that and painting.

I wanted to make the album I always needed to make. I had to say the things I never could.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity, You play it safe every time.

I have a wig for when I go outside among the regular folks, so they don't feel uncomfortable because I have a Day-Glo color somewhere in my hair.

I wanna go south and get some more. Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine, they say I better stop or I'll go blind.

Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn't hear me sing.