I'm terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It's something that wakes me up at night.

Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don't think it's breeding anything good in young girls.

People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.

With pop music and pop musicians, you know everything about everyone all the time, particularly their physical appearance. With female musicians, that's made a big thing of, and I think people, certainly with me, have appreciated a bit of mystery.

What I do is so important to me. It’s like being a parent, in some ways, of a super-demanding , high-achieving child, with a cry that sounds really cool on the radio.

Don't let some random comment that you wouldn't have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.

Of course I got lipstick all over my lil' nose in about 5 seconds, nothing's changed.