Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

I wouldn't say no to other kinds of musical opportunities. I guess that it just depends on what it was or what it required me to do, and if I felt that it compromised my own soul.

Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.

And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.

I love to engage with people who come to see us.

God, I always just think of myself as a jeans and T-shirt kind of person.