For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.

I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that way.

That people equate being girlie with being nonthreatening … I mean, I can't think of a more blatant example of playing into exactly the thing that we're trying to fight against. I can't be girlie? I think the fact that people are associating being girlie with weakness, that needs to be examined. I don't think that it undermines my power at all.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with different styles.

I don't thrive in a word-perfect environment.

Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything _ but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other.

Blossoming and unfolding are basically the same thing, but blossoming is more romantic.