If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that.

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.

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.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.