"The song just fit right in with my own personal zeitgeist of standing up to male authorities, whether it's the pope or the Catholic Church or my father and his conservative, patriarchal ways."

"I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want."

"I think I have a d**k in my brain. I don't need to have one between my legs. It would be like having a third leg."

"I don’t follow the rules. I follow my heart."

"I'm a provocateur. I'm an instigator. I'm a troublemaker. I'm a rebel with a cause. I'm a truth-teller. I'm a boundary-pusher. I'm a game-changer. I'm a rule-breaker."