Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

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.

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.

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '