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" Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles. "

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" I always liken myself to the bearded lady. Because I'm an actress turned musician, a woman doing male-dominated rock & roll... I'm the oddity at the freak show, you know? "

" My parents are just the best. "

" I don't have an explosive temper. People seem to think that - maybe somewhere lives the lion in my cage. But I'm actually kind of goofy. "

" So many actors and musicians seem to be only interested in what's expected of them, and they join the dots accordingly. I don't fit into any narrow categories as an actor or a singer. "

" Not all detectives are the same - some play bad cop, some are awkward, some are funny. "

" I didn't like school at all. I never liked the seven different classes system. I liked having just one, like in elementary school - less disruption. I liked history. I failed math and science and gave those teachers a hard time. "

" My dad instilled in me to naturally question all authority. I don't follow anything blindly. That's religion, cops, doctors, schools, you name it. "

" I wrote songs when I was little, and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come out yet. "

" I love the process of working with a filmmaker and the writers and the actors. "

" I was scared by social media - just scared of what I might attract. Once I broke onto that thing, because I needed it for my band to tell people about shows, I realized, 99 percent of the time, people are funny, clever, inventive, beautiful. "

" I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress. "

" If someone tells you over and over that everything's great, you immediately think, 'OK, what's the rest of the story?' "

" I thrive on adversity. "

" I'm actually very moral and nurturing, but I'm also adventurous. I am challenging. "

" TV is wild. You just play the role you're given, and you show up and do the best that you can. "

" All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life. "

" I'm so used to naysayers. "

" When I feel something, I feel it to the ninth power. "

" We've played everywhere since I started The Licks. We've played arenas, clubs, school cafeterias and bowling alleys. It doesn't matter where the venue is; we're gonna bring you the rock! "

" Leaving your home can be a fear at times. You gotta make yourself get out. "

" Although I missed home, North Carolina is a spectacular place to spend four months. Wilmington has a great downtown area. It is not too small town or too big city. The people were really welcoming and nice. The weather was lovely. "

" My first boyfriend was a surfer. We bonded over loving the sun, Depeche Mode, and The Cure. "

" Any time you start judging with an overly critical eye rather than letting things just be, and following what you think is right, it's complicated to find balance. "

" Like everybody I have many different sides. "

Different Sides

" Acting is me, but music is even more me. It's everything. "

" Musically, I wear many hats. I'm the social media director. I conceptualise the videos, write the songs, do the press. I'm not a major label act. "

" I have people come up to me who love 'The Other Sister,' or 'Old School,' or 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape.' "

" There is growth. Get out of the past. "

" I get lonely - I'm not going to lie about that... I kind of signed up in my mind that I'm giving myself wholeheartedly, full-throttle to my creative life, and I don't want to be distracted. "