My paternal grandmother gave me the courage to investigate things and not take things at face value or judge people by what I first imagine them to be.

I trust the political system to be what it is. It's a structure to keep the country running, a boat to get us [citizens] from one side to the other, and it has the country's best interests at heart. Not the people's.

I've been a vegetarian since I was 19.

My paternal grandmother gave me the courage to investigate things and not take things at face value or judge people by what I first imagine them to be.

I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.

I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.

I have a daughter who's four, who's dainty and princess-esque. I still get to dress her like my little accessory. I think I have one more year to do that, then she's going to get her own ideas - so I better move quickly!