Quotes from Jessica Origliasso

As a fan of music, there's nothing I hate more than hearing an artist write a new album off the back of a successful record. Usually they've rushed it, or they've gone into the studio with all the big guns to replicate what they'd just created.

My personal favorite person we worked with in the U.K. is Cathy Dennis, who is absolutely incredible. She wrote 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' for Kylie Minogue and 'Toxic' for Britney Spears, so she's one of my absolute favorite pop writers.

When you are signed to a major label, everyone wants to have a say in who you are and what you are doing.

Lolita' was written at a time when we were heavily listening to more dance, electronic, and trance, and then on the flip side we were writing country-pop songs like 'Born Bob Dylan' or our acoustic songs, or trip-hop.

Just look at the transformation Taylor Swift made from being pop country to pop pop. There are very specific things she cut out and very specific things she adopted.

I just lived openly, as loud as I wanted to be, which translated into our music really well.

Women can be quite intimate emotionally - they're very emotionally available.

Lis and I didn't talk for a year. I was in a relationship that wasn't good for me. I became isolated. I had nobody anymore, I only had my relationship.

You shouldn't feel you have to label yourself for someone else to understand you. You should be able to feel what you want to feel and that's okay.

You know what, we can be really fierce with each other but as soon as someone tries to take either one of us on, that's not one of us, we back each other up.

Our first record as the Veronicas was a big mainstream success. Maybe if we'd had the indie record first, then the breakout record, it would have been supported by Triple J.

I spoke to a UFO researcher about an experience that I had. It was very strange and trust me, you don't want to hear about it.

That's the thing about being an artist, you don't have to take anyone else's perspective into account. You can act as self-indulgent in your emotions as you want.

Back in your twenties you're discovering your boundaries in life, whether it's with relationships or friendships and partying.

As songwriters, we can go in and write for other artists in a time where you aren't necessarily feeling inspired for yourself.

There's certain types of music where the artist sells the song - where it doesn't really matter what's going on with the song.

We love pop and the U.K. specifically seems to embrace pop and it's so cool.

The thing that is most conducive of that better life for all is love, acceptance, understanding and being yourself.

I think Spotify really does help. If you're going with the evolution of music these days, it's only becoming more and more popular and I don't think it's something to be shunned.

Anyone that continues to spread hate or fear or judgment or phobias doesn't deserve a platform.

I am very clean, not exactly a neat freak, and creative.

We were going for an otherworldly feel, you know a lot of people tell us we look like aliens anyway. I don't know if it's just because there's two of us and we have big eyes and long necks.

I've wrongly been called sick by newspapers and magazines throughout my entire career.

If you have everything you want in life, including money, fame and being asked out on dates by 20 cute boys, and you are still unhappy then you have to go deep within yourself to fix the issue.