When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

I like where I live here, in London.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

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

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.

Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.

You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it's a factory, you know, and it's owned and stitched-up by puppet masters.