When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.

The press Yazoo were receiving were focused on the voice, This obviously was about trends.

Yazoo is the name of an old blues label and also a town in America. I like it because it doesn't mean a thing, it has no immediate connotations. That's what I hate about so many names today - they're so obviously fashionable.

I spend a lot of time on Twitter, and it's a very interesting place. People are so driven to aggression. To me it's a funny thing. I grew up in an aggressive family, so I'm not at all intimidated by being verbally abused. I have no fear with words.

I've always been "other." I've always felt odd; I have always felt foreign in the environment I've been in. When you are young, that is a really uncomfortable thing to feel. As an older woman I really embrace it.

I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working.

I think the world is a dead carcass and I think the purpose of human beings is as maggots.