Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with different styles.

I brake for birds. I rock a lot of polka dots. I have touched glitter in the last 24 hours. I spend my entire day talking to children. And I find it fundamentally strange that you're not a dessert person. It freaks me out. I'm sorry that I don't talk like Murphy Brown. And I hate your pants suit. I wish it had ribbons on it or something just to make it slightly cuter but that doesn't mean I'm not smart and tough and strong.

I want to be a freaking feminist and wear a freaking Peter Pan collar. So freaking what?

I feel like making music because - and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record - there's more of myself in it.

There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.

I think that it's our responsibility to create a world in which girls can grow up and not have to limit their dreams or possibilities.

After staring at origami directions long enough, you sort of become one with them and start understanding them from the inside.