I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

There's even more stuff that I'd like to release, but I'm scared to, that's really, um, nerdy... not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly.

I grew up with a lot of brothers and male cousins, so I had to worm my way in to get heard. But that's sort of what excites me.

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

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.

Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done.