It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.

The poetic side of me is Scottish.

I used to be obsessed about how I presented myself. I didn't want other people dressing me because I didn't want to be treated like a clothes horse.

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

I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.

I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned.

The very fact that the planet is probably unsustainable with all that we've done to it and are doing to it, it's an appalling piece of evidence. It shows our complacency, our lack of passion or inclination to be authentic and really understand our true values. It's consistently depressing, but nevertheless, we carry on.