I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.

We all make judgments on people, but some are much more brutal than others. It's easy to say, 'Ya know, I'm not crazy about what she's wearing,' but you don't have to be nasty about it, and you don't have to be public about it.

I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease.

Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.

It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.

I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.

I love school. I was a great student.

I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music.

People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

You follow any family around, you're going to see elation, you're going to see disharmony.

I love to engage with people who come to see us.

Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.

Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.

I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was right with the world. I think that's part of my job, to create these thousands of moments every night. And for the rest of their life, they can say, 'You guys looked at me,' or 'You sweated on me,' or 'I got your gum.'

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.