Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.

I grew up in a middle class household with parents, went to good schools, and never feared for anything, never wanted for anything that was really important. For all of us living in this world, all of us who have the resources, for us to not dedicate ourselves to giving something back, is to leave the world a lesser place.

I'm not particularly attention-seeking.

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

The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.