Emily Saliers

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism.

I was in a church choir early on and that really helped me musically in terms of chops, learning how to sing harmonies.

I was never forced to go to church, and there is a lot of beauty in Christianity that I take in my life as a gift, and there is a lot of beauty in other religions. I'm kind of a spiritual mutt.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.