Peaches

“I want the world to be equal, I want people to celebrate differences and enjoy who they are and feel comfortable in their own bodies.”

“I'm going to make aging cool.”

“I was inspired by Daft Punk's first album - the first time I heard that I was like, 'I understand how electronics can also be rock.' So I wrote 'The Teaches of Peaches' in my bedroom.”

“For the song 'Rub,' I wanted to do a video with all women, in every aspect, from the electrician to the makeup artist.”

“I've been very, very dedicated to pushing boundaries.”

“I don't think we look for role models. I think they find us.”

“If I was an opening band, I think that's the worst position to be in. In my fantasy, when I'm opening for Janet Jackson or Madonna, they're gonna hate me, but in my own shows, they know what they're coming to see.”

“I have a lot of fond Fonda memories. I've played the Henry Fonda probably five or six times. It feels very comfortable, which is nice to feel like home there.”

“I had a big lump in my throat, I could see it and I didn't do anything about it. Eventually, I went to the doctor. Luckily for me, I didn't have to have any chemotherapy - it was a quite contained type of cancer. It made me think a lot about what I wanted out of life.”

“There's no such thing as a perfect life, first of all, because you always have to keep a struggle - not a struggle, but you can't just sit there, you know? You have to work for it. What makes a perfect life? Just being able to have enough money to live and work and be yourself. Humble things, really.”

“I love a good cheesy power ballad. They make me feel whole.”

“Well, I very quickly saw what a boys club it was in the music business. That is always a hurdle.”

“Nicki Minaj rules over all other rappers!”

“Yeah that's how I got to know Elliot Page. He was at my concert when he was, like, 16, and I spit blood on his arm. He said he didn't wash his arm for, like, a week.”

“I'm not a huge fan of Madonna's songs. I liked Cyndi Lauper better growing up.”

“I thrive on connection and moving - less creative, let's just say. Because I like to move and get ideas and here and there and go and be and bleh, bleh. I don't sit still.”

“It was from the Nina Simone song 'Four Women,' and at the end of the song she sings 'peaches,' and the way she sang that line I was like, 'I wish she was singing it to me.' So I started writing songs, and the name Peaches fit with that.”

“I never really tried to break into the music industry. It was never a big ambition of mine, so it happened organically. I'm not saying it was easy, but I wasn't trying really hard.”

“I can sing 'Wuthering Heights' by Kate Bush so perfectly, it makes people's jaws drop and go: 'Wait! I don't understand!'”

“Everyone thought I was so aggressive onstage, so I set out to wear pink underneath a dress and do a reveal. Then, people started throwing things onstage to me.”