I'm really happy with my life now, but there's a lot of stuff I feel very sad about in ways I can't even control.

I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.

When I was young, I used to need other people's albums and I got very involved with their music and it meant a lot to me.

I love stretching myself musically.

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

It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming.

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