[There's] this idea of "I want to take care of myself," but at the same time I want to be brave, daring, and expressive.

Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.

I collect clothes-they keep building and building. I buy them instead of having them washed.

What's exciting to me is the live show medium itself; it's the last untouchable medium. I don't think it will ever go away. It has gone on from the beginning of time with little performances around a campfire, I'd imagine, like cavemen doing some chants, rhythm, and sounds, beating on things.

I think early on I avoided singing because it was so personal and I didn't know how to sit in that intimacy. I wrote songs when I was little and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come out yet.

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform.