I think I have come across as "unafraid" because I really cannot control what comes through me in my writing.

As I've gotten older, I have gotten a lot better at finding the pleasures of making music despite the business of it.

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it.

Really, everything for me comes from "Manifestra." It was an incredible gift of a song; it really describes an important moment in my life.

It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method.

The only really weird part for me was making sense of the person on the TV at the same time as the person who I am friendly with and do something so friend-intimate with as text.

So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all.

I like garage band for writing because you only have crayons and there are only five crayons in the box. Your choices are limited and I find that to be very good for me.

I am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want!

I didn't realize at the time that if I wrote about something, I was going to have to talk about something. A lot. Ad nauseum.

REAL trumps PERFECT... because REAL creates TRUST.

-to me, the future doesn't seem real. It's just this magical place where I can put my responsibilities so that I don't have to be scared while hurtling toward failure at eight hundred miles per hour.

Failure's a natural part of life.

No controlling legal authority

A book is kind because its pages let us know when it is coming to an end.

Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.

Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.

She's saving the world one fashion disaster at a time!