I think I've got a lot of dark lines in this record [Wild Things] that I've hidden quite nicely among the nice things.

I'm still always a country girl from New Zealand.

"The River" [song] is also, yes, very metaphorical. Rivers are cleansing. As long as human beings have been on the Earth we've used rivers to cleanse ourselves. And, for me, the lyrics "something in the river," I think is - well, the river is a metaphor for where I was at the time.

I got to a happier point and then started making a record [Wild Things]. I don't mind at all that it sounds like LA, because LA was integral to me feeling better. Seeing the sunshine and all that other sorts of stuff was definitely a huge part in why the album sounds like it sounds.

I think love and obsession are almost one in the same thing at some times. Because the person you end up falling in love with, there is an element of obsession in the early days - it's all you can think about.

With the first record (2008’s Ladyhawke) I was quite naive, but very excited and happy.

I would be happier if it were a full audience full of drag queens. It would be my dreams come true.