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 don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress.

The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid.

[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.

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.

As actors, we want to go find the humanity and make it more nuanced and fill in the colors, rather than just being suit people who crack cases, 'cause they aren't that.

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