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" I love going to weddings. I love movie scenes of weddings. Even, like, TV-show weddings - I cry at every wedding. "

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" I'm always the one sitting at the merch table and talking to everyone at the show - and I think it's because I have this deep fear that if I'm not approachable or I'm not there, people are going to think I'm a brat. "

" I've definitely gotten to the point where we get to the venue, and people know that I'm in charge of the band. "

" Around seventh grade, I got a guitar and forgot everything else. "

" I think part of the process of putting out a record is always looking back because, by the time a song comes out, it's been a year since you wrote it. "

" When I was 18, I borrowed my parents' car, and they are super supportive. They might give us snacks for the road, but it's not like they are paying clubs to book us. "

" I realized I was trained my whole life to be an accommodating person, to make sure that everybody is comfortable before I'm comfortable. After giving so much of myself to strangers, I learned to care for myself a little more, especially on tour. "

" It's good for people to be able to see an archive of an artist learning how to write and getting better, especially for teenagers who are starting to write: to see that I started out making pretty easy and weird and bad-sounding music and that you can teach yourself how to write over a long period of time. "

" I try to not assume things are sexism. I'm trying to be good natured about why things are happening. "

" I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it. "

" I meet a lot of people after shows, and I have to say it's pretty intense. "

" It was a really long process, dropping out of college. I was there for a semester, then I would take a semester off and go on tour, then I would go back for a semester. "

" Performing is something that has really grown on me and become an important part of my life, which I didn't used to feel. I didn't used to want to really perform live a lot. It's been an interesting adjustment. "

" One of the cool things about traveling and being a musician is that you meet so many people who have studied different things and have different careers. "

" I think I'd like my hair to be perfect. "

" It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise. "

" My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging. "

" The thing is, I feel like it would defeat the purpose of being a musician if I let any kind of fear of failure affect my songwriting or making an album or whatever. "

" I feel like touring is a man's game. And I don't think that's sexist; I just think, on tour, you can't really take care of yourself the way you want to. "

" I can be very social, but often, it weighs down on me later that the social thing was a put-on. I feel like my way of dealing with not wanting to go out is, I just don't. I can't bring myself to. "

" There've been times on tour when people have said to us, 'Yeah, your band is really simple.' But it's really not. "

" The only reason to do this job is because I love playing my music. And I love my bandmates. "

" Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can. "

" I really liked punk music and experimental music that my brother was taking me to go see in the city, when I was probably, like, 13 years old. I was seeing a lot of teenagers making 'weird' music, and I think that was probably a big part of the reason that I actually started to play myself. "

" My Bandcamp had a lot of bad and good music, but I relied on that to sort my feelings. My sadness will always be there, even in the happiness. "

" I was seeing kids my age playing shows at their parents' houses or the couple of all-ages venues that existed. I feel like I saw so many different kinds of music that I wouldn't have discovered on my own. "

" If I ever go back to college, I'd study art education. "

" Whenever I'm really excited about a song, I want to learn it, and it becomes the first thing I play every time I pick up an instrument. "

" I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.' "

" I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.' "

" If I could have a record that represents every stage of my life, I'd be putting out one a month. Everything is always changing, and so is the way that I feel about stuff. "