I didn't want to be a Barbie doll. I didn't want to be a passive entertainer. It wasn't how I wanted to present myself.

You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

Everything is illusory. You cannot label something and feel that that is the beginning, middle, and end of it.

The poetic side of me is Scottish.

It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.