“I don’t think lyrics need to be deep – just write whatever comes out of you. You don’t need to find intense meaning in everything.”

I feel one step closer to Beyoncé now that we both have our own clothing lines.

I don’t really listen to a lot of 90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger.

That, to me, is what I feel like is the future. If I have a daughter, if you have a daughter, becoming that ideal where it’s not about your gender; it’s about us being human, being in this together.

I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.

Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I’ve done.

We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate’s bedroom to a band that’s doing extensive touring and had a record on the Billboard charts and everything happened insanely fast, but it’s not something that I sought out. It just happened.

I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage.

I was looking at pictures of cats laying out on the beach and I thought, “Cats hate water, so why would they like the beach?” But then I realized that cats like to just lay around and lounge and be lazy, and what better place to do that than on the beach?

I have personally been affected by women’s reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.

Touring is definitely work. You’re spending a lot of time in the car and around the same people and it’s not the easiest thing in the world, but it’s better than working a 9-to-5 job or something.

One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!

I’m working all the time. When I’m home I try to split my time evenly between resting and preparing for another tour, and writing stuff.

I’d love to have a shoe line, or a sunglasses line, or a purse line. Who am I kidding, I’d like to have an everything line!

Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it’s fun when I get to be expressive in another way.

Advice I would give to anyone trying to find their own personal style: don’t copy anybody, just be yourself, and make your own trends.

My favorite record of all time is Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk. It’s made up of a bunch of songs that don’t really sound the same, but they all go really well together.

Why in times of need do we call on that one person? Why do we confide in that one person.

You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.

A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.

It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

The gap between brute power and human need continues to grow, as the power fattens on the same faulty technology that intensifies the need.

Sleep is such a potent, liminal state, and I don’t want to drag anything in there that doesn’t need to be there.

Listen to your dreams. They are the whispers of your heart telling you all you’ll ever need to be happy.

Nature needs no help, just no interference.