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.

Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart.

Yes, exactly. I think that Christmas is always used at any point in the year to cheer us up, like each other up. We would use that to cheer each other up if we were in a sad mood or something, we'd just start talking about Christmas.

That's one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It's a moment in time, and the less it's messed with the more powerful it is. I wanted at least one song on the record to be just completely about the moment.

I'm not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.

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

I don't know why femininity should be associated with weakness. Women should be free to express who they are without thinking, 'I need to act like a man, or I need to tone it down to be successful.' That's a very good way to keep women down.