Life Is Not About Creating

We Had So Many Milestones In America. We Were On Our Way To Universal Healthcare. We Had Gay Marriage. We Were Talking About Gender Fluidity And Trans Issues Openly And Discussing Them With Respect. It Was Almost To The Point Where Educating People About Transgender Rights Wasn't An Issue. We Were Including Trans People As A Normal Part Of Our Conversations Instead Of Seeing Their Presence As This Shocking Thing To The System. We Forgot That Those Things Can Be Taken Away From You Because There Are People In The World That, For Whatever F - King Reason, Can't Live And Let Live.

I Don't Get Mad With People, Like, 'oh, But That's Not What The Song Was About...' It's Also Nice To Know That People Are Mindlessly Dancing To A Song About The Us Government's Stance On Same-sex Marriages... Especially Straight Jocks. I Love That Idea. I Think That's The Beauty Of Music - It's Different For Everybody.

I Really Worshipped Mama Cass A Lot. Mama Cass, Who Was Really Fat And She Didn't Lose Weight. Yeah, She Went On Diets But For The Most Part Of Her Life And The Better Part Of Her Career She Was A Big Person.

I Always Was Really Confident About Myself, About My Voice, Myself As A Person, My Body, All Of Those Things, But As A Songwriter - I Just Didn't Identify As A Songwriter At All.

There Is Something To Be Said For People Who Have To Work Hard, Be Creative, Produce What They Have With Little - Or No - Means. Those Of Us From Poor Homes Have The Advantage Of Thinking For Ourselves And Of Knowing That When Times Get Hard, Things Could Always Be Worse.