There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of my life, and nobody cares that it's there.

When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.

Up-and-coming musicians can easily reach out and find a loving teacher, and that's definitely what happened to me.

I did grow up in a rough neighborhood in Portland, which is an abstract concept for anybody who's rolled through Portland because now it looks like a TV set, literally.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.