There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.