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" 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. "

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" My fashion is inspired by Tina Turner and Sharon Stone. "

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

" 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. "

" I love myself. I love my friends. "

" We really like L.A. because it really likes rock and roll. "

" For the most part, it's straight white men running these labels and publishing companies. "

" Good art should be polarizing. "

" I've had the experience of going through homophobia in my work, and I can share my experiences so future generations don't have to deal with what I've dealt with. "

" I didn't want a day job anymore, so I somehow made the jewelry line work. Now that I look back on it, it was, like, the dumbest idea ever. Everyone and their mother has a jewelry line, so in retrospect, maybe not the smartest fallback plan. But it ended up working out great! "

" I am a genderless sea creature who has been writing and studying music since I was 12. "

" I feel like there is a lot of homophobia and misogyny in the music business, and I feel like I've gotten to a place where I've broken down a lot of those doors. "

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

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

" The only thing that's serious to me about music is making sure marginalized people are included in the story. "

" 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 like to play this game where I ask people to count gay pop writers and producers they know. Everyone's always like, 'Oh, there are plenty!' But we always end up counting them on one hand. "

" 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 we were starting out as a band in New York, we played a concert at a small club early on and asked Lady Gaga to open for us. We were big fans, and she had the same kind of approach to music as we did: not taking everything so seriously and just having fun. "

" I wouldn't want to write a song in a pair of sneakers. I think it would be a horrible song. "

" 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. "

" My existence is rock n' roll. "

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

" I'm a walking political statement. "

" My goal is that my makeup and style will inspire Midwestern housewives. I want there to be a breakdown of 'Justin's smoky eye' in Cosmo. "

" A little makeover never hurt nobody. "

" 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. "

" When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're telling, and the news doesn't specifically affect that. "

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

" 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. "

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