I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

I live in a world of possibility and opportunity. You look for the light. There's darkness everywhere but you look for that spot of light and you work your way towards it, and you do what it takes to get there.

I chose a career in obstetrics and gynecology because there's something about honoring women, honoring the birth process. We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.

We are not consistent. We have both these dark sides and some light as well.

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them.

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