"Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way."

"All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds."

"I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren't their idea of beautiful and therefore aren't their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself."

"It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'"

"The art of living is discovering that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."