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

It`s not about women acting like man, it`s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful

When I got a little bit older I wanted to play piano - that's all I wanted to do. I remember learning how to play a blues progression on the xylophone in music class and thinking "This is the greatest thing I've ever learned."

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.

I feel like I can't fully understand what's happening now until I really understand what's happened before. But you do get sort of bogged down a little bit when you're trying to study so many years' worth of music. It can be a little bit overwhelming.

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

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.