Popularity Is Totally Overrated.

I'm More Interested In A Feminism That Ends Discrimination For All People. It's Not Just About A Woman Becoming The Ceo Of A Company Or Something. It's Connected To Racism And Classism And Gender Issues That Go Beyond The Binary.

I Was Never Trying To Be The Voice For Anybody Else. I Was Just Trying To Sing About What I Was Going Through, And Was Singing About Those Things Specifically Because I Knew There Was An Audience Not Being Served.

I Always Tell Girls Who Say They Want To Start A Band But Don't Have Any Talent, Well, Neither Do I. I Mean, I Can Carry A Tune, But Anyone Who Picks Up A Bass Can Figure It Out. You Don't Have To Have Magic Unicorn Powers. You Work At It, And You Get Better. It's Like Anything- You Sit There And Do It Every Day, And Eventually You Get Good At It.

So Many Women Have Experienced Horrific Forms Of Male Violence Throughout Their Lives, And Why Isn't There A Song About How You Get Depressed Because Of It?

I Don't Appreciate It When Women - Or Men - Bandy About These Stupid Stereotypes About Feminism That Are Age-old, And That Are Meant To Keep People Turned Off From It. It's Like, "all You Have To Do Is Wikipedia Feminism To Know That It's Not About Man-hating - So Shut Up." That Makes Me Annoyed.