Musician

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.

It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.

Not many people know what their parents sound like having sex. It was noisy.

I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.

I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here.

My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store.

I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne.

How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible.

Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something.

If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated.

The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.

My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store.

Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get.

I've got a new relationship and I'm trapped in this old life.

I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here.

I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.