“If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if...” — Lydia Lunch Quote

If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if you say 'No Wave,' it's kind of mysterious. That was the most interesting part and should have been the most inspirational thing about it... here's this collective sonic insanity, and none of it sounds anything alike.

'Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician.

I've always been inspired by Genet, Henry Miller and Hubert Selby, Jr., who taught me that you've got to tell a bigger truth in whatever you're doing, but the truth is not popular.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

I've got loads of inspirational people I've always looked up to, really strong women, who don't necessarily play football. I didn't want to be them, and I didn't want to do what they did. But they still inspired me to be me.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

Every video I've made has an inspirational message behind it. Since day one, I thought, 'Okay, I want my audience to be, like, Disney members.' So if that's the case, I have to keep everything rated G.