If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.

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

The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation, we had a lot of strikes going on, on a national scale, and a lot of discontent. That was reflected in the music.

It was very easy for me to dedicate myself to the care of mothers, help them have healthy babies, help them be healthy, help them in a place where they don't have opportunities. Success breeds the excitement to continue going. It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.

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

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.

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.