You know, there are so many snarky angry critics out there who are just sort of looking to tear down whoever is getting talked about..

I want to be happy. i want to make people happy. i do not need to be rich to do that..

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like Im in ….

You know what’s really cool? Wake up every morning, decide what you feel like doing, and do it..

I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars or fine artists or writers,….

I remember being a teenager and being really impressed by "let's sit around and b*tch" people, and I have so little time for those people nowadays..

Nobody ever sees me. Thank you..

Thank God my best friend's a therapist..

Take on the pain and wear it as a shirt..

I don't think of myself as particularly cursed or blessed. I think I got dealt a set of cards, and I'm playing with them, sometimes in heels, sometim….

I get really fantastic results when I just get out of my own way..

I am bigger on the inside But you have to come inside to see me.

When you cannot joke about the darkness of life, that’s when the darkness takes over..

Eat the pain. Send it back into the void as love..

When you're afraid of someone's judgment, you can't connect with them. You're too preoccupied with the task of impressing them..

I've always felt like an outsider across the board, since day one. The challenge has been to simply not pay attention to my outsider or insider statu….

I maintain couchsurfing and crowdsurfing are basically the same thing — you're falling into the audience and you're trusting each other..

I think people have been obsessed with the wrong question, which is how do we make people pay for music? What if we started asking, how do we let peo….

The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I wi….

I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able to really hold each other….

If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned..