Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.

It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

We were signed to a label that wanted us to remain little girls who appealed to other little girls, who were cute and non-threatening.

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?

I really, really love music. I'm affected by it and uplifted by it, and made to laugh and cry, and almost fall in love with the person who has made me feel so brilliant and communicated so profoundly to me.