Quotes from Lights

Music has always been a visual thing to me, so writing and drawing the 'Skin&Earth' comics, which tie cohesively with the music, was an obvious move for me as an artist.

I loved comics for a long time, loved the medium, and I love where comics are going. It's on the forefront of social issues, and there's no production value limit, so you can create an entire world. As long as you can visualize it, you can make it a reality.

Being a mom makes it harder to find time to write and it gets harder to find time to sit down and do a vocal, because there's a baby behind you crying.

I remember when I would write a song as a kid, I would also write out on paper what the drums would do, what the bass would do, and what the vocals would be doing.

I hate listening to things quietly. If I'm going to listen to something and fully enjoy it, I want the volume all the way up. That, for me, is a good immersive experience.

What puts me in the perspective of the power of a song is listening to it at full volume.

I started as a pretty quiet kid and have had to evolve into a performer.

I'm a big fan of Grimes.

I sleep in a bunk bed because my studio's under it. It's like a loft bed.

You should write songs about what you feel, but you can't write in such a way like it's a diary entry. You should write it in a way that people understand in their lives.

It's hard to be a credible musician as a girl with a decent face. Which sucks. I'm always gonna push to make a record that represents what I like.

It was so freeing to branch out and work with people like Josh Dun of 21 Pilots who played on 'Savage' and 'Almost Had Me.'

Being a performer and recording artist and playing 'World of Warcraft' - that's a pretty time-intensive combination.

I have more friends in 'World of Warcraft' than I do in real life!

I think Warped Tour's bringing something special to me.

There is something empowering about being a female warrior to me.

I don't have musical theory or great chord knowledge, but what I have got me where I am.

I'm very into superhero culture and stuff like that, so I always think on very epic terms.

I feel sexier than ever after becoming a mother.

Sexiness isn't being young, hot and wearing a bikini. It's being powerful and feeling like you belong in your skin and it feels good.

When I write songs I think about how it makes people feel, and I hope that when it goes into your ears you feel happy too. Not sexy happy but apple pie happy.

I love getting online and looking at people's responses to things and communicating with everyone.

I think people end up connecting somehow when they have a lot in common.

I'm not good at talking politics. I'm probably not well-versed enough to speak out, but I do have my opinions and my feelings and frustrations, especially with regards to the environment and sustainability and our lack of taking care of what we have.