Rich kids who write songs about food stamps always piss me off. I'm not going to write any songs about that, either.

There's just kind of a sweetness about Canadians. Americans are a little more pushy, I mean, in a way that I enjoy - they're basically pushy because of their enthusiasm - we're a lot clumsier than other people.

I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.

I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.

I like driving. I'm a real sucker for driving across North America - I never get sick of it, ever.

The men who have gotten women pregnant need to be accountable if we are. If we are going to jail, the men are coming too. Religious rhetoric will bite its own ass trying to nail only women in a two-person process.

I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.