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

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" I definitely think that touring is a really crazy lifestyle and makes it hard to live a normal life and have relationships and friendships. "

" Those emotions that are really strong, the ones that inspire a song, you can hold onto that. You can let it marinate for years and keep writing about it even better than you did then. "

" My parents listened to a lot of James Taylor and Hall and Oates. My mom and I used to listen to Liz Phair and Indigo Girls a lot in the car, too. "

" It's even easier to write about the past now that I'm happy and have better stuff to write about. That's why someone like Bob Dylan can make so many records over so long a time; it's not like he's been sad all this time. He's really successful! "

" Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix. "

" 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. "

" You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual. I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. "

" I don't really understand how to do bureaucratic things - school-system things. "

" I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?' "

" I played my first show when I was 17, and that was a big moment. I realized it was something I could keep doing. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" I don't even know how people managed without the Internet years ago. Having to mail a cassette tape of your music to strangers over the course of months... I just can't imagine having to do that. "

" What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.' "

" 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'm always changing as a writer and trying new things. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 knew that 'Next Thing' was an angry album while I was making it. But I thought that it was angry the way that you get in a fight, not angry as a huge life change. "

" 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. "