I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse.
I was just dying to get out of my twenties.
I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.
I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.
I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.
Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.
I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.
If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.
At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.
My songs are about not knowing who to be and not knowing how to act.
Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star.
Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.
I've finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness.
Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.
Popular culture is filled with girls.
My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it.
Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life.
I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist.
People are complex. I'm just showing my complexity.
My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more.
My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.
The is a lot of anti-sexism coming from my point of view as a woman who deals with it every day. I think sexism is a form of discrimination. It is similar to other forms of discrimination. I think people should feel empowered to not take s**t from anyone.
Physically touring is tough on me, not that I am weakling. I lose weight. I can't always find the things I need to keep my strength up. It is very draining physically. It is taxing for my mind and body, but in a good way. It feels healthy in a way to purge things out of my system every night.
