Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don't care about anymore.

I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.

I had a boyfriend who told me I'd never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I'd fail. I said to him, 'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the f***** deli without hearing or seeing me.'

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

I'm a single girl. I like to have a good time. I just sleep with the guys in the band all the time because it's easier.

I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.

Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be.