I'm 41, I'm a woman, not a kid. I have no interest in making silly pop music.

A lot of my friends are artists or musicians or single parent families and I'm totally aware of how difficult it is for them to make ends meet.

I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can.

It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate.

I think it's about time the world embraced its geekiness and stopped trying to be cool. It's just...you have way more fun as a geek than as a cool person.

I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.

I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect.