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" I just didn't really relate to Kurt Cobain. There was nothing very glamorous about him. "

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

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" Most of my friends are my friends because they inspire me. "

" My success happened pretty late in life. I can't even believe it happened. "

" In the band Semi-Precious Weapons, I got to sing, wear, and say exactly what I wanted for ten years. "

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

" The beauty of letting marginalized people tell their own stories is it isn't only the right thing to do socially, but it's also the right thing to do financially. People love the truth, and people like to spend money on the truth. "

" I don't like labels. "

" I first fell in love with music when I was five years old because of 'Annie.' And then 'The Little Mermaid' really made me want to start singing. And then the fierce, amazing women of the '90s - Alanis Morrissette, Courtney Love, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, Paula Cole, Patty Griffin - made me want to start writing. "

" My existence is rock n' roll. "

" For me, as a kid desperate to make music, I thought the only way I could do it was to try to be a superstar - which is a fun thing to be, but it can be exhausting and degrading. "

" 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 think that because we have these big female pop stars, people forget that women and marginalized people are so underrepresented in this business. "

" I'm really proud of 'Kissing Strangers.' "

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

" I just want to make music that people hear, and I'm not ashamed of that. "

" The fans that fall in love with you at the show are always the most passionate. "

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

" You can tell if something feels special. But there are so many moving parts involved in making the song a hit. The radio has to deliver, the management has to deliver in terms of booking the right promotions... just being a good song isn't enough. "

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

" 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.' "

" My mom has a big ol' crush on Arne Duncan, so I hear about and see pics of him all the time. I think he could look great in heels! "

" I was born into the most amazing family an underdog could be born into, and I was born into the LGBTQ community. And what a beautiful community we are. The art, the music, the fashion, the brains, the fight, the survival skills, the diversity, male, female, non-binary, Gender Non Conforming, cis, trans, femme, and all races. "

" 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. "

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

" I really want queer kids to know that our experience is universal. "

" 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. "

" For me personally, I'm anti-gun and always have been and always will be. But I'm definitely not someone who is looking to abolish the Second Amendment. I think we're definitely interpreting it wrong. "

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