"PGN: “I’m not unfaithful, but I’ll stray,” from the song “Back in your Head,” is one of the most honest lines about fidelity that I’ve ever heard in a song. Is that something you and your sister struggle with in relationships?

TQ: (Laughs.) Yeah, I think we both do. I think Sara [does] more than me. When I heard that song, I definitely had a good chuckle. When I sing background on that song every night, I feel that. I think as women who are dating women — not that I’ve only experienced that with women, I think that when I was dating men I felt the same way — it’s difficult. You get to a point where you are feeling very comfortable and familiar with your situation and your partner and the day comes when you meet someone who knocks you off your feet. You don’t necessarily want to leave your comfortable, amazing life that you’ve set up. I know in terms of Sara’s situation, I don’t think she was saying, “I want to leave this person that I’ve been with for four years who is everything I’ve ever wanted.” From the very beginning, and this is something that Sara talks about, she admitted to her partner that she is going to, at some point, emotionally connect to someone, and it’s almost going to be a necessity. She’s going to have to get emotionally addicted and obsessive about somebody. But (paraphrasing) “I’m not going to leave you and I’m not going to cheat. But that is the way I am. And there will come a point where our relationship will become a distant thing, but I will come back.'" (read full interview).

"VM: You're so nice to talk about her in such a complimentary way. I'm not sure many siblings would be as nice to each other.

Sara: There's definitely a unique intimacy that comes with being this close to anyone, you know, [including] the guys in our band. I don't just spend 10 hours a day awake, I mean, I literally spend 24 hours a day with nine other adults in a very small space traveling around the world. I don't even know if it's such a feat to spend that time with Tegan. I mean, it's actually sort of amazing that we don't all kill each other after two months. I think there's a higher tolerance for human interaction and that gives Tegan and I certainly... it's not as intense as one would imagine with a sibling. In a weird way, Tegan and I actually get along the best only because none of that subconscious, passive-aggressive sh!t has to happen between us. If I'm pissed off at her or she's doing something to drive me crazy, I'm like, "F-ing stop it." With the band, there's all this sort of wrestling with, "Well, I have to be polite because I employ you and I can't be mean to you.'" (read full interview).

"You’ve described yourself as being 45 and Tegan as being closer to 19. Why?

When we were writing the songs on the album, Tegan was doing a lot of traveling, meeting up with friends, drinking and partying, and she was single, so she was kind of behaving like a 15-year-old. A lot of the album was written when she was falling in love and having her heart broken. And I was at home—I bought a place—and I was like Suzie Homemaker, settling in and bitching about my taxes and watering my plants. I was like the oldest 26-year-old on the face of the planet, at least in my mind. So the record was written from two completely different perspectives. But I feel like it’s cohesive." (read full interview).