When something goes into the world, you immediately begin to develop another perspective on yourself, another identity.

I truly believe that if you think something's stupid, that might mean it's actually good.

I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee house in Wayne, Pennsylvania. I wasn't allowed to play any instruments; I could only be the singer because I was a girl.

People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.

It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.

Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.

It's always a struggle to make things sound more or less brilliant.