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.'
'Titanium' wasn't supposed to be me singing, but they put my demo vocal back on.
I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.
When you're in a different place every day, there's this kind of madness that sets in.
I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot.
Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.
My dad is an egomaniac.
Everybody in the entertainment industry is insecure.
If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.
I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I just want to sing the melody and write the lyrics.
I'm just a follower.
Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I have to keep it. I love it too much.'
People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.
The hour and a half I'm on stage is my favourite part of the day when I'm on tour because the only part I really love is the interaction with the audience.
I had hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax penalties.
I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.
I think that it would be unwise of us not to believe that there is life outside of us, intelligent life. And so I do believe in aliens.
I think that, to some degree, being irreverent is the only reason I continue to be successful.
My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men at Work.
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.