The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

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 wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-brainer.

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.