There's always darkness around, and if you focus on the darkness, you don't know where to go. But if you direct yourself at the light - there it is! It's right there.

There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen.

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.

It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.

Success breeds the excitement to continue going.

You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding.