I never stopped writing about what was actually going on in my life. There's nothing to hide.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger is so not true. You know what makes you stronger? When people treat you & your art with dignity.

I was, you know, a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.

Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone. Who had nothing, who wanted everything.

The act of surrendering sort of puts me in a different mindset that allows me to be more of a channel - because I'm not holding on so tightly to things, I'm letting go, and I find that in letting go I become more of a channel for life to really happen on life's terms. I mean, maybe that sounds sort of metaphysical, but that's honestly how I feel.

I still have my same babysitting job, I babysit twice a week.

When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it.