There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that.

I came out of the womb waving red lipstick.

From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance.

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.

It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth.

I still say I can do whatever I want as long as I'm not hurting anybody else. I don't understand why more people aren't like that.

I think working with artists is incredibly important for everybody in the world, but also, it is a way of seeing the world differently.

I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake

Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?

It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

I'm a pussycat unless you do something to one of my friends. Then I'll think of unique ways to get back at you. I'm more creative than your average bear.

Guard your heart:Mysterious things happen in there.Stand as the watchman of your soul, And be careful about what you let in.For, therefrom, come all your life's issues.

If you've never experienced something and don't know how to write about it, then make it a fantasy book. It gives you a lot of freedom.

A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another!

'She's Country' obviously changed a lot of things for us and pretty much, I think, doubled our crowd size in just a few months time.

As you get older your willingness to tell more of the truth is awakened and you don't have to think about it or imagine it because now you know this to be true.

I didn't have to do paper routes. I'd sing for 5 bucks a crack at weddings and church functions; I'd have four or five on some Saturdays.

Cause there's a light in me that shines brightly. They can try, but they can't take that away from me.

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, I think I heard you say lawyer.

Neutrality and boredom are the weapons of the state.

A man ceases to be an honest doubter the moment he refuses one way of getting at the truth because he does not like that way.