You know, it doesn’t matter how beautiful you are, if you don’t have anything interesting to say, then you’re still boring.

It's a torturous time when you learn almost everything you really have to know about survival. The important thing to remember when you are living through it, however, is that you have absolutely no idea quite how smart and strong and beautiful the pain will make you. So go forth and suffer...you'll rule the world.

You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.

I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.

I wouldn't say that cutting was pleasurable, but there is a sense of euphoria that follows cutting yourself. The quick pinch of pain and the sight of blood snaps you back to the surface and you start to appreciate being alive.