I can say that I had a particularly painful teenage-hood.

I tried being anorexic for four hours and then i was like, i need some bagels.

I think it's important for people to know that it's okay to feel like you're not better as long as you keep trying.

I don't take crap from anyone, so that makes people think I'm rebellious. I'm not. I'm just not a pushover.

There's nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny rabbits and kittens all day for money.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

I like people's attitudes more than fashion or beauty or whatever it is.

There's stuff I don't like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don't like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.

I don't think I'm a weirdo in a bad way. There's just a lot going on in my head.

Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend.

I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.

There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money.

Actions do not need to be changed

All the horror is in just this -- that there is no horror. . . .

When I see what I want, I do it.

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way.

I write emotional music.

The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise.

I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.

If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic.