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" I have a huge fear of crowds. The irony is that my band is a therapeutic exercise. I hurl myself into thousands of people. "

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" I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady. "

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" In movies like 'Cape Fear,' I never played verbal characters. Now, as a grown-up, I relish playing people that are not like myself. That's what I enjoy about acting. "

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

" What do I think being wild is? Nothing. Actually, the whole world is wild. Everything is wild. There we go. "

" My parents are just the best. "

" For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a band. And I just did it. "

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

" I'm always fighting the cup-is-half-empty way of being, versus the cup-is-half-full. I'm always fighting the pessimistic versus the positive. "

" I'm really into coconut oil for everything. I cook it, eat it, put it in my hair, and use it as body lotion. I put it on my face, too - day cream, night cream, whatever. I love the smell. It reminds me of the beach. I'm not particular on what brand as long as it's organic. "

" Why I talk so seriously about art is that art is the only thing that helps people stay alive, and it is the only thing that has allowed people to create joy in this insane, suppressive universe. And art is the only thing that they can't get rid of. They've tried, but ultimately they can't stamp it out. "

" For my rock band, I was influenced by things like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' For me, it's live rock n' roll theater. "

" 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. "

" I always call myself an emotionalist. I feel. "

" I love L.A. I fall more in love with it as I get older. "

" I was meant to make music in my soul way younger than I did. I was just scared because I knew it would take more of me than anything else. But I was all into facing my fears. "

" When you say you grew up in Los Angeles, a lot of people think the west side: they think the glitz and all this stuff that I actually had no relationship to growing up. "

" I recommend everyone wakes up in the morning to Bachman Turner Overdrive's 'Taking Care Or Business' - you'll feel better. "

" My eyebrows are a mess. They're skinny; they're dodgy. "

" 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. "

" I don't want a tan, but I do love blushes in colors that give you that whole sun-kissed thing. "

" I've been around for a long time now, and you start to hear these urban legends about yourself. "

" I can tell you I have dealt with mania my whole life. "

" I don't care about labels or anything. "

" The old footage of my dad, I always knew we were cut from the same cloth, because my dad was such a renegade and always marched to the beat of his own drum. To see where we were both dancing and being silly together, it's too beautiful for words. I was really happy to have that. "