As soon as I saw myself beginning to be way too comfortable on a film set or TV set, and not stimulated by it the way that I had been that had brought me to want to be there professionally and creatively, was the moment that I started getting really, really sad. I decided, "Okay, I just want to actually be here, how can I make this be interesting for me?"

Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar.

I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing.

All my best girlfriends play guitar now, which is kind of a funny world to live in.

You perform the thing that you made, that's inside of you, and to subject that to any kind of scrutiny is terrifying. It's still terrifying to me.

I love acting so much, but listening to music and making music has been the greatest savior for me.

There's something really natural to me about being what they call in the business a "hyphenate." Being a musician-actor or writer-musician-actor.