Twerking is not feminism. Thats what I’m referring to. It’s not — it’s not liberating, it’s not empowering. It’s a sexual thing that you’re doing on a stage; it doesn’t empower you. That’s my feeling about it.

Success breeds the excitement to continue going.

Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically.

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.

I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.