I Felt It Was Really,

I Don't Need To Convince Men That Feminism Is Important, That Just Isn't A Goal Of Mine. I Can't Even Have That Conversation Of Whether Or Not It's Important, Because If Someone Asks Me That... I Don't Want To Have A Conversation With Them Until They Grow Up.

I Can't Constantly Be Trying To Write The Unwritten Song, The Song That The 15-year-old Girl Needs. I Need To Write The Song That I Need.

One Of The Reasons I Went Back To Music Even Though I Was Extremely Ill Was Because I Started To Forget Who I Was Aside From Being Sick. And When I'm Performing, Or Even Lecturing, It's Like I'm Myself Again, And That Was A Really Amazing Discovery - That, All Of A Sudden, I Have A Get-out-of-jail-free Card.

Every Band I've Been In, It's Just Become My Total Life. I Feel Like A Child Star - I've Missed Out On So Much.

My Advice For Someone Who Wants To Be Creative But Has A Chronic Illness Is To Think Of Something That You Can Do As Opposed To All The Things You Can't Do - And Do That. It's Just Like Gardening: What Can Grow In This Soil? There's Some Soil You Can Grow Roses In And Some Soil You Can Only Grow Cactuses In, So If You Can Only Grow Cactuses, Become The Best Cactus Grower In The Whole World. Taking Care Of Yourself Is The Most Important Thing. Find Something That Makes You Happy. Don't Get Down On Yourself That You Can't Run A 4k Or Dance All Night Long At A Fun Club. Give Yourself A Break.