Alison Sudol

“You won't find me out in a club. I'm a bit unruly, in my own way.”

“There are two things I love about Temescal. One is the sense of space that you get when you get to the top. You can see for ages. You can see the ocean spread out before you, but you also feel like you're in the mountains. And second is the smell of it, which I love most when I've been traveling a long time.”

“I do consider myself an actress now. I think 'Dig' and 'Transparent' have given me the confidence.”

“I'm a big cinephile. Love, love, love films.”

“There's a certain amount of pressure that you get from being a popular artist, and I think in the past I put a lot of pressure on myself, too. But I always knew that writing hits wasn't really my strong suit.”

“I have a huge love for architecture.”

“It's fun to play for the 12- and 13-year-olds. The looks on their faces are amazing. Young kids don't have social anxieties. They'll yell things out and sing loudly.”

“I can Hula-Hoop and read a book at the same time.”

“Whatever you're doing, you have to do it 100 percent; you have to be totally present.”

“Singing has an impact on the human body.”

“Percussion is so good for me!”

“I just love the holidays so much.”

“Women are often written as one thing - the ingenue or the vamp - but real women are many things.”

“I think something that is never really spoken about is the learning process of making records - I made my first record at twenty one and learned so much about record making from that before making 'Bomb In A Birdcage' a couple of years later.”

“I love watching people.”

“I want to find more ways of planting trees and helping fight against deforestation.”

“I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.”

“To me, the making of art and experiences around that are the biggest part to me.”

“I've had a lot of experience with not allowing myself to experience certain emotions, like anger and confidence, and with acting you're in this space where it's safe to fully go there.”

“I have an affinity for a lot of things that are kind of fairy-tale-ish and bookish.”