I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it.

I love storms and how the whole house shakes. When I was a kid, there would be lots of thunder and lightning storms, and they would knock the electricity out. We had this oil lantern that had been in my grandfather's homestead at the turn of the century, before there even was electricity. He'd bring it down off the top shelf, and we'd always play cards.

Now, there's just so much imagery. Imagine what our grandkids are going to be able to see of us?

All the girls who have photos of them at parties, like, "Woo!" - that's what someone's going to see of their grandma.

I like being swept up in weather and observing it as something beautiful and giant. It makes you feel so minute. The only thing as big as that are your thoughts about it, which can expand exponentially while your physical self is just trapped. It's a pretty awesome feeling, in the original sense of the word.

I've always been a bit wary of keyboards because there's an invisibility to it - you're not really hitting anything.

And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.