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" If you listen to Semi-Precious Weapons' last single, 'Aviation High,' you can definitely hear that even in my old band, even in the songs I was writing then, the pop influence really started to take over. "

" Great music is just very clear. Sonically and lyrically, you understand the point of view, you understand the melodies, you understand the vibe, and you understand the lyric pretty damn quickly. To me, that doesn't make it 'less than' - it makes it 'more than.' "

" I love to give the song away - it's so exciting - where, I think, a lot of younger songwriters, they struggle with that. And it's a big struggle, where they want the shine and they want people to know that it was their idea and it was their doing. But luckily, I've been through that, so I can just focus on helping other people do their thing. "

" I really do pride myself on being able to help other people tell their stories and bring out the best in them. But I still, every song I'm writing, I still need to relate to it. I still need to find my true self in it, or else it'll feel dishonest. I mean, everything has a queer meaning as far as I'm concerned. "

" My existence is rock n' roll. "

" In some ways, it's more rewarding to hear someone interpret a piece of music that you're a part of. "

" I'm using the success I've had to help other people shine. "

" I like to make glamorously informed songs for glamorously intelligent people. "

" I'm not famous. I work with famous people. "

" Obviously, Gaga's one of the greatest music visionaries of our time, and Beyonce is one of the greatest visions of our time. She is a music visionary, too. "

" I'm so grateful for my endless delusion. "

" Gaga the person is much like Gaga the celebrity. She is very sweet, loyal, and funny with her fans, and she is very sweet, loyal, and funny with her friends. On stage, she is over-the-top, ridiculous, dirty, and genuine on stage, and she is very over-the-top, ridiculous, dirty, and genuine with her friends. "

" I worked at a jewelry store to pay the bills when I first moved to N.Y.C., and I always loved the phrase 'Semi Precious.' So I wanted to just call the band Semi Precious, but my dad told it was kinda sissy, so I added Weapons. "

" Pop just means popular - it can be any genre, and if it becomes popular, then it's pop music. "

" Before anything else, my favorite thing as a fan of music was to make up my own story as to what it means. "

" When I saw Courtney Love in 1994, I knew what I wanted to do. The minute I saw a female-fronted rock n' roll band, that changed my life. "

" Truly saying sorry is never easy to do, and when you are, you just hope it's not too late. "

" All songwriters are known as 'topliners' because the vocal goes on top of the track. "

" The one time I shot a gun, the feelings I felt, I was guilty for feeling them. There is an exhilaration and a glamour, and I felt awful for feeling that. "

" I shot a gun one time in New Zealand. An entertainment news program there thought, since the band was called Semi Precious Weapons, they would bring us to a gun range. "

" Young women should be telling stories of other young women. And if the superstar who is an amazing storyteller isn't a writer, that's totally fine, but we should get a young female writer in the room to work on that song with us. "

" Under-sung vocals can be very sexy because of the intimacy, but they can be just as heartbreaking for the same reason. "

" I was very lucky that my family really supported me in exploring my femininity when I was young, and so it was a joyous thing. "

" I love songs, Patty Larkin, Sharon Stone, Mae West, and Marilyn Monroe. "

" I want to make sure in every song we write that women are given power. "

" Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be really miserable. "

" Beyonce, Stevie Nicks, Ani DiFranco, Cardi B - Women tell awesome stories. "

" If a song is being written for a woman, there should be a woman in the room collaborating. "

" I'm so connected to the community that I was lucky enough to be born into. "

" I thought I was a superstar at 12. "