"When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman."

"America's a very traumatized society."

"Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet."

"What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"There's no abiding success without commitment."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it."