“I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.”

“I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.”

“My dad is an egomaniac.”

“I started dating JD Samson from Le Tigre, and suddenly I was listening to more up-tempo music and old dance music, like ESG and Gang of Four, and I thought, 'Wow. This is fun.'”

“My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men at Work.”

“This is a sick business. It's so sad.”

“About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time.”

“I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment.”

“Just, whenever you can, get up and sing at a gig or jam. If you have a chance, take it and keep on getting up. Keep going - but not If people boo, 'cause that's just mean. I think that could be setting yourself for disappointment.”

“I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don't care if they think I'm like someone else because I know I'm not - I'm a total weirdo. I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. I'm just trying to sell music and get on with my real life.”

“I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.”

“I appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life.”