It's super cool to me when my manager screencapped Sharon Van Etten saying my album is great on Twitter and I about cried 'cause she's a hero. And that led to... I got to have lunch with her! I got to meet a hero!
I think what kids who like heavy music are really looking for is the honesty and candour of it.
There are people I haven't seen for a year and we will do a show or something and when we hang out it'll be this instant endearment. I'm like, 'Our lives, the cosmos, are intersecting, and this will bring us closer together again. I have no doubt.'
Especially with women in music there is this unnecessary competitive element. And, like, why? Why do people do things where they try to put peers up against each other?
It's just nice to have people around and see people actively trying to construct a community of mutual support around music.
If I have the choice of saying one of two things to people, I'd like it to be the more honest and hopeful thing.
Cameron Esposito is a musician and podcaster from the States and she's hilarious.
I like it when I go to a city and it puts its personality out there to be readily experienced.
The goal of embodying Christian ethics - if you want to call yourself a Christian - is being patient and loving with your neighbor.
The more we can personalise, the more the market can fragment, because of all the availability that streaming presents. Things become old sooner. That's terrifying.
It used to be you would need a couple grand to make a record at a studio. Now, you can do it on freaking GarageBand.
Spotify stresses me the hell out.
There are a bunch of talented bands out there... So yeah, I often think, 'Why aren't these people onstage and why do I have a microphone?'
The more blessings or resources you have at your disposal, the more I become aware of... how should I steward this? It's supposed to be an investment that I can turn around and create art that gives something to other people. Ugh, that sounds like the most Miss America answer of all time.
I'm always nervous.
I played with a band, and the lead singer would always introduce me as 'the 13-year-old lead guitarist.' I didn't want to be a novelty, like 'Oh, she has three arms! Check her out.' But I've learned to accept it as more of a compliment.
I was a very emotional teenager. But I wish that I could tell myself that I matter more than I think. Things are a bigger deal than I think they are, but they're also not as big a deal as I think they are. My mistakes are not the end of the world.
I don't think that you can just walk through life without all of your experiences informing your perspective on the world.
It's not like a choice to have an identity politics discussion when you're living it all the time. And if it's uncomfortable, well then maybe the way that we need to deal with that is by letting things be uncomfortable.
I do not want to make art and then try to dictate how people use it, or how people interact with it.
