When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.

You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of the line. You have to find associative meaning to get you there. So it's rather like doing a crossword puzzle backwards. A kind of strange, three-dimensional, abstract crossword puzzle.

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

When women get together as a group, it is immensely powerful.

We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.

Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that's extraordinary.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.