For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows.

I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.

Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.

It pisses me off to think we're conditioned to push away bad feelings and think anything that's uncomfortable is to be avoided. When things are really bad nowadays, I recognize the value in it because it's me filling my quota- it's going to make my joy more intense later.

It's true/ I do imbue my blue unto myself/ I make it bitter.

I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs.

I really, really enjoy fitting words together - but I only enjoy it when it's easy, when it sort of rolls along by itself. I never erase anything [and] I hardly ever write anything down... The song will be finished before I write it down... I won't write a song unless it serves me in some way, unless I feel I have to write the song to make myself feel better. If you're not overflowing with something, there's nothing to give.