When I grow up I want to be an old woman.

Mainstream media would convince you that there's commercial culture and that's all - but this other music is still here.

At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose. I think in the course of time I'll find a middle ground, but I also carry that sense of responsibility. I'm in a position to defeat stereotypes.

Vengeance and revenge are just two words for pain.

I resent like hell that I was maybe eighteen before I ever heard the 'L' word. It would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into.

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.