The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation, we had a lot of strikes going on, on a national scale, and a lot of discontent. That was reflected in the music.

If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.

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

My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.

The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition.

I'm not a risk taker physically. I just have no interest in swinging myself off a mountaintop or parachute gliding or skiing down a totally vertical drop. These things don't interest me in the slightest, but I get so caught up in the color or the texture of the sounds of something. That's so funny to me.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.