My goal, in general, is to make music for the youth that the youth can love. Not only just for the youth but almost be their voice. Just show that they can do whatever they want.

I want to be the leader of the youth. Leader of the new school.

Feminism, to me, is nothing more and nothing less than the belief in equality for women.

I definitely hope that I'm inspiring a lot of different female artists to run with the boys.

Think about your friends on the Left - are they tolerant of people who aren't for gay marriage? Or of people who are pro-life? These used to be just political differences, and now they are a referendum on what type of person you are and whether you can be in someone's life at all.

Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.

If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not going to like you, they're not going to be your friend.

That time, making 'Disco Pigs,' was kind of the most important period of my life. The people I met there remain my closest friends.