If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.

The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.