“Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, 'You're...”

“My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I kn...”

“I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I'm actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they, in turn, were my...”

“I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my charac...”

“I grew up in a makeup chair. And to see the women around me getting ready was so aspirational. It's about mothers and daughters, a...”

“I used to have a blankie, and when my mom had to wash it, I would sit outside the dryer and watch it go round and round, and cry.”

“Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?”

“Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual ar...”

“When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for t...”

“I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.”

“I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want...”

“The most ironic thing is my grandfather has his masters in music composition; he was a jazz composer. My dad was a musician, too....”