Just because you're wearing a goofy hat doesn't make it performance art.

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

I'm not going to sit around and be peace and love with somebody's boot on my neck.

Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

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?

Think of something that you can do as opposed to all the things you can't do - and do that.

It takes falling down a bunch of times before you start running.

Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men are getting all the breaks.

I feel so lucky that I met the love of my life. You know somebody's in it to win it when...you're having a seizure and they're holding you.

Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

That's one huge puppy.

From that point of view, I realized that my hole was not miles deep after all. My father, in fact, could stand on the bottom and it only reached up to his chest.Darkness, you know, is relative.

Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.

For some people, the way that they're perceived by the outside world is not a priority.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

He once told me that an August evening was "as hot as three toads in a Cuisinart," a comparison that left me blinking two days later.

You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.

The power of imagination is infinite.

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.