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.

I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. It isn't about us and them.

I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves.

We think that this is just our world and we don't know what other people are thinking. Music actually is a phenomenal connector in that respect. It's a special language that defines certain boundaries and connects people in a particular way, a very emotional way, I have found.

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

I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.

Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.