I don't want to be just that transgender performer or that transgender musical artist. I want to create songs and art and have those be judged on their merit alone.
I fear cops and have never felt the protection of them.
I turned to punk because I didn't fit in anywhere else.
You know, sexism in the punk scene - or just in rock and roll in general - is so easily demonstrated by the amount of women or queer people that you see on stage versus the amount of cis males that you see on stage.
I really like dumb romantic comedies; that's the way I can turn my brain off and let go.
I'm big on hair. I love Julianne Moore's hair. That's all I'd like: Julianne Moore hair.
I think that on paper we did make so many of the classic mistakes that a punk band makes, signing to a major label, getting in business with the wrong people, stuff like that.
I remember being really young - being 13 or 14 - when I first was really excited about punk rock as an idea, and I was like, 'Don't ever not be punk. Don't ever not be punk.' Telling that to myself, I guess it was like self-defense against the scary world around me.
When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and being there on the ground.
Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately.
I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.
Butch Vig was a true friend and really guided us, and it was such a fulfilling relationship with a person to make records with.
I like the idea that the body is a vessel, that it's not necessarily representative of the real you that's inside of it.
Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.
I never get to forget who I am, my gender identity.
I feel self-conscious for even having met so many other band people and artists, I don't want to be that artist that is only able to talk about themselves and their own band. I don't want to be that person. I'd rather just be quiet than be that person.
I had gone from being married with a kid, two cars, garage, nice house in a nice neighborhood to all of it gone.
Eating's really important before getting tattooed. You need energy.
Trying to cause chaos - I think that's the way I create change.
Writing your memoir is inherently narcissistic.
