I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.

I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see.

Ice cream is my comfort food.

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.

I did my dissertation on Kafka.

I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.

I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

I would like to think I am feminist in some sorts.

It is evident as a matter of logic that, since they (world religions) disagree, not more than one of them can be true.

when you forgive people, events and circumstances, you are in the process of change, which leads you towards dominant universal emotion called love.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Growing up I didn't have curvy role models, mainly because I didn't see enough curvy women represented in major ads.

Write anything you want because we'll never be heard from again.

My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.

I was only eight when Sputnik was launched, and at that age the boundary between science and fiction is pretty blurry. Whichever way the process ran, I've been a fan of science and SF ever since.

The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.

The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know about in a way that they can understand.

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.