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

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

" 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. "

" The bullying was so bad that I got to go to the arts high school instead. "

" I love myself. I love my friends. "

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

" When you are born gay, you are born into a rich culture of politics, music, and art, but you are also a minority in your own home. "

" 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. "

" Truly saying sorry is never easy to do, and when you are, you just hope it's not too late. "

" I like to make glamorously informed songs for glamorously intelligent people. "

" A couple of days working with Joe Jonas, I thought, 'This guy is a slayer of a singer; he's really funny, goofy, and sexy. We need to write that.' And that led to 'Cake By The Ocean.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" I won't do press anymore unless I can talk about the homophobia and let queer people know our ideas are mainstream. "

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

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

" If you listen to Semi-Precious Weapons' last single, 'Aviation High,' you can definitely hear that even in my old band, even in the songs I was writing then, the pop influence really started to take over. "

" A man in high heels is the most dangerous thing in the world. "

" 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. "

" If you think of 'Chandelier,' Sia's singing her heart out about all those moments before she got sober, and that's one way to convey emotion and make people hear every word. "

" I thought I was a superstar at 12. "

" If a song I'm lucky enough to be a part of comes on the radio, it's definitely really cool and exciting, but I can't focus on anything but the song. Same if one of my songs comes on in a restaurant. I can't just carry on a conversation. "

" It's interesting to see the more femme that you present yourself, the more people sort of dehumanize you. "

" For me, as a performer or a songwriter, Stevie Nicks is always a huge inspiration as well as Iggy Pop. "

" Beyonce, Stevie Nicks, Ani DiFranco, Cardi B - Women tell awesome stories. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" If I'm hanging out with my friends or I'm working out, I'll listen to female singer-songwriters from the '90s because that's where my heart lies. "