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My earliest memories are of dysphoria.
Living in Italy meant growing up without MTV.
I had definitely stopped watching MTV by 2000.
Writing your memoir is inherently narcissistic.
I guess I've been existing in my own head a lot.
I fear cops and have never felt the protection of them.
I turned to punk because I didn't fit in anywhere else.
I've been keeping tour journals since I was 17 years old.
I've never had trouble talking and expressing my feelings.
Trying to cause chaos - I think that's the way I create change.
At 8, I got my first cassette, which was Def Leppard's 'Hysteria.'
Eating's really important before getting tattooed. You need energy.
Society doesn't portray transsexual people in a very positive light.
I had some real health complications with my HRT - hormone replacement therapy.
A lot of people don't perceive me as female or trans, they just see some rocker.
A lot of what keeps me going is wanting to be better, thinking I'm not good enough.
I sleep with a notebook next to me, and most nights I sleep with my guitar next to me.
I've always wanted to be a writer, and I've kept journals since I was eight years old.
I'm big on hair. I love Julianne Moore's hair. That's all I'd like: Julianne Moore hair.
I really like dumb romantic comedies; that's the way I can turn my brain off and let go.
I grew up in Italy, so for me, Naples pizza is the only type of pizza that there really is.
As technology and science advances, I think the ability to alter yourself should be embraced.
I dealt with depression for my whole life. That's not something that was caused by being trans.
When I'm on tour, people see me in one way, but in normal life I doubt people even recognize me.
I just always knew that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician. I never had any doubts.
I guess I get a little impatient and frustrated when people ask what 'Manic Depression' is about.
People don't have to understand a language to understand the emotion and sentiment behind a song.
If you look at the difference between the first Clash record and 'Combat Rock,' what an evolution.
Saying to someone 'I'm a transsexual' is the most empowering thing I've ever felt in my whole life.
My least favorite thing about being in a band is photo shoots and video shoots. I like writing songs.
Manic depression in general is something that runs in my family, and it's something that I battle with.
I look like a dude and feel like a dude, and it sucks. But eventually I'll flip, and I'll present as female.
It's not like I came out in 'Rolling Stone' and all of a sudden I had a closet full of all the clothes I want.
In a perfect world, in my opinion, 'they,' 'them,' and 'theirs' would be the pronouns that everyone would use.
I had gone from being married with a kid, two cars, garage, nice house in a nice neighborhood to all of it gone.
I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.
Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.
I like the idea that the body is a vessel, that it's not necessarily representative of the real you that's inside of it.
I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to the PTA meetings.
Being able to write about love through a trans lens is something that's not really represented when it comes to love songs.
Butch Vig was a true friend and really guided us, and it was such a fulfilling relationship with a person to make records with.
I'd never have imagined it when I was younger. A trans woman on the cover of 'Time?' That is unfathomable to the 15-year-old me.
Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately.
The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and put on really good shows.
When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and being there on the ground.
Striving to make music that empowers people as opposed to making them feel like they're being beaten down every single day is so important.
At 20, I was married, working as an auto mechanic, and living in Gainesville. I was doing Against Me!, but it wasn't by any means a full-time gig.
It would be weird enough just being in a band trying to date. It makes it harder being a parent. And it makes it really interesting when you're trans.
I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian. I hate coming up with bits to do between songs.
I'm totally fine with myself. It's the other people I run into out there who are so hung up on gender. The way it trips them up is their problem, not mine.