I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.'
I definitely think that touring is a really crazy lifestyle and makes it hard to live a normal life and have relationships and friendships.
Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can.
What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.'
I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.'
The thing is, I feel like it would defeat the purpose of being a musician if I let any kind of fear of failure affect my songwriting or making an album or whatever.
If I could have a record that represents every stage of my life, I'd be putting out one a month. Everything is always changing, and so is the way that I feel about stuff.
I've definitely gotten to the point where we get to the venue, and people know that I'm in charge of the band.
I think I'm always changing as a writer and trying new things.
It's even easier to write about the past now that I'm happy and have better stuff to write about. That's why someone like Bob Dylan can make so many records over so long a time; it's not like he's been sad all this time. He's really successful!
I think I'd like my hair to be perfect.
I don't really understand how to do bureaucratic things - school-system things.
I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it.
I love going to weddings. I love movie scenes of weddings. Even, like, TV-show weddings - I cry at every wedding.
I meet a lot of people after shows, and I have to say it's pretty intense.
I knew that 'Next Thing' was an angry album while I was making it. But I thought that it was angry the way that you get in a fight, not angry as a huge life change.
It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise.
The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the only time that I was forced to perform music, because I had piano recitals, and my school also had mandatory music classes that had some performing required.
Performing is something that has really grown on me and become an important part of my life, which I didn't used to feel. I didn't used to want to really perform live a lot. It's been an interesting adjustment.
Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix.
