I've learned that you only become as creative as you possibly can by staying independent.

It's frustrating when you feel like you have a message to get out and people just judge you regardless.

I'm not going to say I'll never rock with a band, because I'm too much of a fan of the aesthetic of a great band. But a girl group? Not again.

I have been doing choreography my whole life, and it's so important to make that marriage between music and the body.

There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground scene is a very small bubble, and they both see themselves as secret societies.

I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This is how it is," and my music's the opposite. I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know.

Color has always evoked emotion for me: visually, internally, emotionally.