As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

I'm not particularly attention-seeking.

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

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

You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it's a factory, you know, and it's owned and stitched-up by puppet masters.

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.