When I first started, I wrote some songs with Linda Perry. She's so instrumental in a lot of artist's lives, listening to you and then helping you write songs that are you, that bring the most of what you are out, whereas a lot of producers might put their stamp on you. I gained confidence because I'm less of a straight-up, traditional vocalist.

I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.

[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.

Adults are just children sometimes. But evil, hurt children.

All the musicians that I know want to act.

Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies.

Art is the only thing that helps people stay alive, and it is the only thing that has allowed people to create joy in this insane, suppressive universe. And art is the only thing that they can't get rid of. They've tried, but ultimately they can't stamp it out.