I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror.

I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them.

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.

My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.

I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip.