I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation.

I've actually always wanted to make something like an acoustic record.

I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women... This social revolution of feminism in the '70s really achieved so many of its goals-not every single one of them, obviously-but I think we should say it's great that these young women don't feel like they need to be feminists.

I've just always been very aware and careful of everything, so that I can be ready for the perfect opportunities as they come. I don't take anything for granted or wait for anything to come to me.

I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.

I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people move a little bit more.

I'm just singing about my own life. Singing about all the little stories in my life and the things I've been through.