I try not to be but Im super-neurotic about diet. Im neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! Im like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And Im super-vain. And I want to wear cute clothes.

Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.

I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal.

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

I didn't know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County. I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.

I love that contradiction of being feminine but playing in the boys' treehouse. My whole life's been like that.

To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for other people.