The poetic side of me is Scottish.

I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.

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

I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's very beautiful. But I'm a working parent, so I've always kept my own life.

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.